Taliban Leader Mansour Died in Drone Strike, Afghan Agency Says
- Afganistan’s spy agency says Mansour in vehicle hit by strike
- U.S. still reviewing results from attack: Pentagon statement
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Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was killed when his vehicle was hit by a U.S. airstrike in a remote border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Afghanistan intelligence agency said Sunday.
U.S. officials are still assessing the results of the airstrike, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement on the department’s website. The Afghanistan National Directorate of Security said the attack occurred about 3:45 p.m. (7:15 a.m. EDT) Saturday.