On Monday, US President Barack Obama confirmed the American military had killed the Taliban leader, proclaiming his death “an important milestone.” .
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A United States official, speaking on condition of anonymity, later specified that the Taliban were planning new attacks against “our interests and our people in Kabul”.
He said that the corpse of the driver inside the vehicle was identified, adding that it has yet not been proved whether the other dead body is of Mullah Mansour or not.
Local security officials said Manan was initially injured in the attack and later died of his wounds.
Mansour was killed when a US drone fired on his vehicle in the southwestern Pakistan province of Baluchistan, though it was unclear whether the airstrike took place on Friday or Saturday.
The Taliban is the most powerful insurgent group in the war-ravaged country, where an estimated 11,000 civilians were killed or wounded and 5,500 government troops and police officers died past year alone.
Nisar said the USA notified Pakistan of the attack seven hours after the attack.
In an interview with Reuters, Noor said “Fighting may well pick up in some parts of the country after the killing of the Taliban leader, with suicide and bomb attacks (used) as a means of downplaying the importance of losing their leader”.
“Wali” frequently travelled between Karachi and Dubai, and Iran via the Pakistani border town of Taftan.
Asked if the threats were imminent, he said: “Yes, specific imminent threats to US and coalition personnel … in Afghanistan”.
Mansour first joined the Taliban in 1995.
“The leadership is being very careful because one wrong step could divide the group into many parties like former mujahideen”, said one Taliban official from the eastern province of Nangarhar, referring to guerrilla leaders who fought the Soviets in the 1980s before splitting into warring factions.
Mansour had led the Taliban since last summer, when the death of founder Mullah Mohammad Omar became public.
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It comes despite previous reports which claimed that Mansour was killed last week.
