NAYPYIDAW: Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was targeted by a US airstrike because he posed an “threat” to US troops, Afghan civilians and peace talks, Washington’s top diplomat John Kerry said Sunday on a visit to Myanmar.
“Mansour posed… an imminent threat to US personnel, Afghan civilians and Afghan security forces,” the US Secretary of State told reporters in Naypyidaw, adding “he was also directly opposed to peace negotiations.”
