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Killing of Akhtar Mansur

BelligerentsUnited StatesTalibanCommanders and leadersBarack ObamaJohn KerryAkhtar Mansur†Units involved Unknown Military of the TalibanStrengthReaper drones2 Hellfire missiles UnknownCasualties and losses None3 killed Akhtar MansurMansur's taxi driverUnknown identityOn 21 May 2016, Akhtar Mansur, the second leader of the Taliban, 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; Mansur had crossed earlier that day from Iran into Pakistan through the Taftan, Balochistan, border crossing, some 450 kilometres (280 mi) away from the spot where he was killed.

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