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Urgent: Pakistani gov't sources confirm killing of Mullah Mansoor in U.S. drone strike

Xinhua, May 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Pakistani government sources have confirmed the killing of the Afghan Taliban top leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a Saturday U.S. drone strike in the country's southwest remote area of the Pak-Afghan border region, reported local Urdu TV channel ARY on Sunday.

However, the report did not identify the sources. Another local TV channel 92 News quoted Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Pakistani PM, as saying that the statement about the killing of Mullah Mansoor will be issued before 6:30 p.m. (Pakistan time) on Sunday. Endit