U.S. Oficials Are Claiming That Afghan Taliban Leader Mullah Mansour Has Been Killed In A U.S. Air Strike

CNN: Taliban leader Mullah Mansour likely killed in airstrike, U.S. officials say

Washington (CNN)Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was likely killed in an airstrike in Pakistan on Saturday, two U.S. officials told CNN.

One of the officials said the strike occurred around 6 a.m. ET Saturday morning in a remote area of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, southwest of the town of Ahmad Wal.
Mansour was the target of the strike, and a second adult male combatant traveling with him in a vehicle also was likely killed, the official added.

U.S. officials are still assessing the results, the official said. The second source, a senior administration official, said it would likely take days to get "physical confirmation" because of the remote location.

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WNU Editor: Apparently multiple air strikes were launched .... which tells me that whoever the U.S. was targeting .... they wanted to make sure that no one survived.

Update: The Taliban are now denying reports that their leader is dead .... Taliban denies leader killed in US drone strike (Al Jazeera).

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