DHAKA: Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has possibly been killed in a US air strike.

He and another male fighter were targeted as they rode in a vehicle in an isolated area of Pakistan close to the Afghan border, BBC reports on Sunday (May 22).

The Pentagon has confirmed it targeted Mansour in strikes but said they were still assessing the results.

Mansour assumed the leadership in July 2015, replacing Taliban founder and spiritual head Mullah Mohammad Omar.

Both Pakistan and Afghanistan were informed about the strike shortly after it took place, the White House said.

‘We are still assessing the results of the strike and will provide more information as it becomes available,’ said Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook.

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