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Afghan intelligence agency confirms Taliban leader's death

Sunday, 22 May 2016 1:26 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 22 May 2016 1:26 PM ]

This photograph taken on May 21, 2016 shows Pakistani local residents gathering around a destroyed vehicle hit by a drone strike in which Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was believed to be travelling in the remote town of Ahmad Wal in Balochistan, around 160 kilometres west of Quetta. ©AFP

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