Reports say that in his final hours Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour passed on his last wishes to his family. By Carlotta Gall and Ruhullah Khapalwak As militants have taken over increasingly large ...

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed late Friday in a U.S. drone strike, officials said early Sunday. The Associated Press reported that Mullah Abdul Rauf, a senior Taliban commander ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. has conducted an airstrike targeting Taliban leader Mullah Mansour. One American official says the U.S. believes Mansour was killed in a ...

The Taliban issued a glowing eulogy for Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the group’s second emir, to mark the ninth anniversary of his death in a US airstrike. However, the group failed to address ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that their leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week and that they have appointed a successor – a ...

Senior Afghan Taliban sources on Sunday confirmed the death of their chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in Pakistan, adding that a council is underway to decide his successor. "I can say ...

The Afghan Taliban have announced their next leader: Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, an extremist scholar with no military experience. With the announcement, the Taliban confirmed that their previous ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a U.S. drone strike last week and that they have appointed a successor.