Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 24, 2016 The Pentagon has said U.S. forces killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur in a drone strike on May 21 because he posed “specific, imminent threats” to U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said on May 23 that the drone attack against Mansur in
Press TV May 23 2016 Islamabad has summoned the US ambassador to voice its concerns over a recent US drone strike on Pakistani soil that reportedly killed Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour. According to a statement released by Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Monday, David Hale was called in by the Special Assistant to the
VOA News May 23, 2016 Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the Taliban leader killed in a U.S. drone strike Saturday, crossed into Pakistan from Iran about five hours before he died. A VOA reporter has seen his passport, showing his entry and exit stamps. Mansoor, an Afghan citizen, carried a Pakistani passport when he entered the country
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 22, 2016 Pakistan has denounced a U.S. drone attack believed to have killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur as a violation of its sovereignty. “On late Saturday, May 21, 2016, the United States shared information that a drone strike was carried out in Pakistan near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area,”
VOA News Ayaz Gul, Carla Babb May 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD/PENTAGON—The Afghan intelligence agency confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan near the Afghan border. Pakistan says it was informed by the U.S. after the drone strike was carried out but lashed out at Washington for violating its “sovereignty.”
VOA News / May 22, 2016 U.S. military officials said Saturday that an American drone strike had most likely killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a remote area of Pakistan near Afghanistan’s border. A U.S. official who spoke on background said President Barack Obama had authorized the strike, which occurred Saturday afternoon local
Military.com A Unitarian Universalist Church minister and U.S. Army chaplain who served in Afghanistan has submitted his resignation in protest over the military’s use of drone warfare and decision to place nuclear warheads on air-launched cruise missiles. In an April 12 letter to President Barack Obama, Rev. Christopher John Antal of New York said the White
Press TV April 29, 2016 At least six people have been killed in a drone strike carried out by US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, Press TV reports. The aerial attack was conducted in the Dih Bala district of the province, which is located 120 kilometers (74 miles) east of the Afghan capital, Kabul, late
Ottawa Citizen: There was an interesting report from Reuters news agency which highlighted the growing importance of unmanned aerial vehicles, aka drones. Drones have fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan, the news agency noted. Citing U.S. military officers, it suggests that the UAVs will play a greater role in the
Common Dreams: Faisal bin ali Jaber wants answers—and an apology—from the Obama administration for a U.S. drone strike that killed members of his family. I read the President said that the deaths of innocents cause him ‘anguish’—then why will he not account for what happened to my family?” Click here to read more (external link).