The family of a taxi driver who was killed in a US drone strike while driving Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in southwest Pakistan is suing the US government.
Mohammad Azamdied on May 21 while driving the car Mansour was traveling in near Pakistans town of Ahmad Wal. He was described by US officials as a second male combatant" who ...
Islamabad, May 26, IRNA -- Adviser to Pakistan PM on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said: All indicators confirm that the person killed in the US drone strike was Mullah Akhter Mansour.
During a press conference on Thursday, he further added that the DNA test result will be available shortly.
The death of Mullah Akhter Mansour in a drone strike ...
Alwaght- The US and Afghan officials have confirmed that the leader of Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in an American drone strike, but Pakistan argued that the US strike killed two Taliban members but Mullah Mansour was not among the dead.
Pakistans Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently in London visit, has said that Islamabad ...
Taliban haveappointed Haibatullah Akhunzada as their new leader, officially confirming that their former chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a USdrone strike last week.
Haibatullah Akhundzada has been appointed as the new leader of Taliban after a unanimous agreement in the Shura (supreme council), TalibanspokesmanZabihullah Mujahid saidon ...
Alwaght- The US and Afghanistan officials' claims of death of the leader of Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mansour have been confirmed by a top commander in the militant group after Pakistan, and Taliban itself, denied the incident.
Taliban has so far failed to react, even now that the killing of its leader is confirmed.
The social media circulated on ...
Tehran, May 23, IRNA Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Hossein Jaberi Ansari rejected claims made by certain Arab media that Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour had been in Iran.
At his weekly press conference, Jaberi Ansari said the reports that Mansour had been in Iran or had entered Pakistani soil through Iran border are not true.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A senior commander with the Afghan Taliban says the militant group's leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed in a U.S. drone strike.
Mullah Abdul Rauf told The Associated Press Sunday that Mansour died in the strike late Friday night.
He says the strike took place "in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area."
The ...