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UN Unable to Confirm Data on Death of Taliban Leader - Spokesman

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The United Nations has no information on the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan, UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said... 23.05.2016, Sputnik International

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UN Unable to Confirm Data on Death of Taliban Leader - Spokesman

21:20 GMT 23.05.2016

© AP Photo / Abdul Salam KhanThis photo taken by a freelance photographer Abdul Salam Khan using his smart phone on Sunday, May 22, 2016, purports to show the destroyed vehicle in which Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour was traveling in the Ahmad Wal area in Baluchistan province of Pakistan, near Afghanistan's border.

This photo taken by a freelance photographer Abdul Salam Khan using his smart phone on Sunday, May 22, 2016, purports to show the destroyed vehicle in which Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour was traveling in the Ahmad Wal area in Baluchistan province of Pakistan, near Afghanistan's border. - Sputnik International

The United Nations has no information on the killing of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan, UN Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Monday.

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, US President Barack Obama confirmed Mansour's death in a US drone strike carried out several days ago near the Afghan-Pakistani border.

"We obviously have no confirmation… I have no information on that," Dujarric told reporters commenting on that issue.

This photograph taken on May 21, 2016 shows Pakistani local residents gathering around a destroyed vehicle hit by a drone strike in which Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was believed to be travelling in the remote town of Ahmad Wal in Balochistan, around 160 kilometres west of Quetta. - Sputnik International

Killed Taliban Leader Showed No Inclination to Engage in Peace Talks - DOS

23 May 2016, 19:50 GMT

Mansour has been Taliban's top commander since the death confirmation of the group's longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in July 2015.

Afghanistan is experiencing significant political, social and security-related instability, as radical extremist organizations, including the Taliban, continue to stage attacks against civilian and state targets.