Mansour was appointed head of Taliban in July following the revelation that the group's founder Mullah Omar had been dead for two years.
\"Both the Pakistanis and the Afghans were notified shortly after the strike,\" a senior White House official said. (Representational Image, Photo: AFP)
Washington: The United States informed Pakistan and Afghanistan early on that it had conducted a drone strike in a remote area of Pakistan on Saturday believed to have killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
"Both the Pakistanis and the Afghans were notified shortly after the strike," a senior White House official said.
( Source : AFP )
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