Abdullah: Death of Taliban Mansour to pave way for peace
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Kabul, May 23, IRNA -- Death of Taliban leader Akhtar Mansour will make big changes in that terrorist group, Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah said.
As Abdullah said, Afghan and US security forces are assessing the US attack to be assured of whether Mansour has been killed or not.
Abdullah noted Mansour's car was attacked by a US drone in Pakistan's soil.
The military was still assessing the results of the strike, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook has said in a statement.
Also, Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the recent US attack operated in a region in Balochistan to kill Taliban leader, stressing the US assault violated his country's national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Manour was among important persons in the terrorist group of Taliban that was leading the group during times when death of Mullah Mohammed Omar, former Taliban leader, had not been revealed, said Abdullah.
'If the news about his being killed is approved, then there will be new opportunities for those supporters of Taliban who want to join peace process, since he was a major obstacle in the way of peace talks,' said Abdullah.
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