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Afghan Taliban supreme Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a rare US drone strike deep inside Pakistan, Afghanistan announced yesterday, inflicting a body blow to the insurgents and a removing a major “threat” to the fragile peace process in war-torn Afghanistan. Mansour and another militant were targeted in a precision air strike by multiple unmanned drones operated by US Special Operations forces yesterday as the duo rode in a vehicle in a remote area near Ahmad Wal town in Baluchistan province.'

Locals gather around a vehicle hit by a drone strike in which Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was believed to be travelling in Ahmad Wal. Pics/AFP