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Taliban leader 'likely killed' during US drone strike: US official

Sunday, 22 May 2016 4:28 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 22 May 2016 4:28 AM ]

Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour (file photo)

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The US military says it has targeted Taliban leader Mullah Mansour in an airstrike authorized by President Barack Obama. A US official says the militant leader is likely killed.
A top American military commander secretly enters Syria without permission from Damascus, meeting US-backed militants fighting against the Syrian government.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council blames the US for the slow implementation of the nuclear deal between Tehran and the P5+1 group.
Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says it has attended the Kuwait peace talks to end the war on the country, NOT to give in to bullying, as the Saudi-backed delegation repeats its conditions.
Demonstrators take to the streets of the French capital Paris in protest against agricultural giant Monsanto and the genetically-modified food it produces.

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