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U.S. drone strike may have killed Taliban leader

Clip: 5/21/2016 | 3m 12s

U.S. drone strike may have killed Taliban leader

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jey Johnson said “it appears likely” that a U.S. drone strike on Saturday killed the leader of the anti-government Taliban, Mullah Akhtar Mansour though it could be days before officials can confirm that. Jennifer Glasse, a freelance reporter now in the Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, joins Alison Stewart by Skype to discuss.

05/21/2016 | Rating NR

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