Taliban deny death of Mullah Mansour

Taliban deny death of Mullah Mansour

World May 22, 2016 09:00

- The Taliban on Sunday declared that lives their leader Mullah Mansour.,, There is no attack on him, 'said the statement. That the terrorists respond to a claim by the Americans that they Mansour probably have sat slain in an attack by drones.

That air attack would be carried out in the border area with Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Pentagon reported. The attack was authorized by President Barack Obama. Besides Mansour was also another Taliban fighter were slain in the attack. According to a US official unmanned aircraft opened fire on a vehicle with the men.

Afghan and Pakistani authorities have been informed about the raid, said an official from the US State Department. It is still unclear whether this happened before or after the attack.
  
    
     
      
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Mansour gold for years as the second man of the Taliban. He was elected in July last year as successor to Mullah Mohammed Omar, who passed away in 2013. Mansour has often declared dead. Late last year he still assume an audio message that all those rumors were,, propaganda of the enemy. '

The death of Mansour could have consequences for the peace process in Afghanistan. According to a Pentagon spokesman Mansour had other Taliban leaders to participate prohibited negotiations with the Afghan government.

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