Pakistain says it was informed by the U.S. after the drone strike was carried out but lashed out at Washington for violating its "illusory sovereignty." Islamabad did not immediately confirm that Mansoor was killed.
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said Sunday during a visit to Myanmar that Mansoor was targeted because he posed "an imminent threat to U.S. personnel, Afghan civilians, and Afghan cops," and that Mansoor "was directly opposed to peace negotiations."
Taliban officials have privately confirmed the death of their leader but are reluctant to be identified, saying any final determination will be made by the group's so-called Rahbari Shura or leadership council.
The drone strike occurred Saturday in Dalbandin, Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
, according to Afghan intelligence agency NDS.
Passport and IDs found
The Pak statement and doctors at Quetta's Civil Hospital say two bodies were brought to the hospital, following what witnesses say was an
A passenger in the taxi, who is believed to be Mansoor, was carrying a Pak passport and an I.D. card with the name Wali Muhammad. The picture on the Pak passport resembles Mullah Mansoor, some Taliban sources confirmed to VOA.
Images from the scene showed a destroyed car.