Afghanistan’s spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike.

The drone targeted his vehicle in a remote area of south-west Pakistan, near the Afghan border, on Saturday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Mansour had posed “a continuing, imminent threat to US personnel”.

Mansour assumed the leadership in July 2015, replacing Taliban founder and spiritual head Mullah Mohammad Omar.
The Afghan National Security Directorate (NDS) said on Sunday that Mansour had been killed in the Dalbandi area of Balochistan province – the first official confirmation of the killing of the Taliban leader.

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and defence ministry spokesman Daulat Waziri also said that Mansour had been killed.

Who Is Mullah Mansour?

Mullah Akhtar Mansour
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Mullah Akhtar Mansour quickly climbed through the Taliban hierarchy
Long seen as acting head of the Taliban, and close to its founder Mullah Omar
Born in the 1960s, in Kandahar province, where he later served as shadow governor after the Taliban’s fall
Was civil aviation minister during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan
Had an active role in drug trafficking, according to ......

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