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Taliban leader Mullah Mansour likely killed in airstrike, U.S. official says
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By Jamie Crawford, National Security Producer
Updated 4:55 PM ET, Sat May 21, 2016
Washington (CNN)Taliban leader Mullah Mansour was likely killed in an airstrike in Pakistan on Saturday, a U.S. official told CNN.
The official said the strike occurred around 6 a.m. ET Saturday morning in a remote area of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, southwest of the town of Ahmad Wal.
The official said Mansour was the target of the strike, adding that a second adult male combatant traveling with him in a vehicle was also likely killed.
U.S. officials are still assessing the results, the official said.
The strike was carried out by multiple unmanned aircraft operated by U.S. Special Operations forces. There was no collateral damage, the official added.
President Barack Obama authorized the strike, the official said.
The Pentagon confirmed the strike in a statement but didn't say whether Mansour was killed.
"Mansour 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," Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said in the statement. "Mansour has been an obstacle to peace and reconciliation between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban, prohibiting Taliban leaders from participating in peace talks with the Afghan government that could lead to an end to the conflict."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/21/politics/u-s-conducted-airstrike-against-taliban-leader-mullah-mansour/index.html
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