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Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1960s – 21 May 2016) was the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme leader from July 2015 to May 2016, when he was killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan.
On 21 May 2016, Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. military drone strike on the N-40 National Highway in Pakistan near Ahmad Wal, not far from the Pakistan–Afghanistan border; Mansour had crossed earlier that day from Iran into Pakistan through the Taftan, Balochistan, border crossing, some 450 kilometres (280 mi) away from the ...
- 21 May 2016
May 22, 2016 · Afghanistan's spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike. The drone targeted his vehicle in a remote area of...
May 22, 2016 · Mullah Akhtar Mansour was the Taliban's acting head on behalf of its founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, before his elevation to the leadership role.
THE Afghan government and a senior Taliban commander confirmed on Sunday that the extremist group’s leader, Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour, has been killed in a US drone strike.
May 25, 2016 · KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan Taliban confirm death of former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in US drone strike, appoint successor.
May 22, 2016 · The Pentagon says it targeted the leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, with multiple drone strikes.
