The Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has likely been killed in American drone strike in Pakistan, it has been reported.
The airstrike was carried out along the Durand Line in a remote area of Pakistan, southwest of the town of Ahmad Wal.
Mansoor was reportedly travelling a vehicle which was targeted by multiple drones, a senior US defense official has said.
The US Department of Defense confirmed Saturday “Today, the Department of Defense conducted an airstrike that targeted Taliban leader Mullah Mansur in a remote area of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. Mansur has been the leader of the Taliban and actively involved with planning attacks against facilities in Kabul and across Afghanistan, presenting a threat to Afghan civilians and security forces, our personnel, and coalition partners.”