Mullah Mansour's body handed over to heirs, says Nisar

DNA test confirmed man killed in US drone strike was chief of Afghan Taliban: interior ministry


Qadeer Tanoli/news Desk May 31, 2016
Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: The body of slain Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan earlier this month, has been handed over to his heirs in Afghanistan, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has said.

Mansour’s body was “handed over to heirs in Afghanistan after fulfilling all legal requirements," the interior minister said in a statement released on Tuesday.

On Sunday, the interior ministry had confirmed Mansour's death after a DNA report said the man killed in the drone strike was the chief of the Afghan Taliban.

Mullah Mansour was killed in US drone strike, DNA test confirms

DNA samples of the charred body found from a remote area near Noshki district of Balochistan were tested against the relative who came forward to claim the remains.

Mansour was originally identified as Wali Muhammad, with the interior minister saying Pakistan was relying on scientific and legal methods to confirm his death.

Pakistan had condemned the strike in strongest terms, saying it could have strong implications on Pakistan-US relations as well as the ongoing Afghan peace process.

Afghanistan, Pakistan discuss fate of peace process after Mansour's death

On the contrary, the US had made it clear the strikes will continue wherever deemed necessary, nonetheless assuring the country respected Pakistan’s sovereignty.

Earlier on May 25, Afghan Taliban picked a top cleric, Maulvi Haibatullah Akhundzada, as their new chief.

Nadra assistant director held


Meanwhile, security forces arrested a former assistant director of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for his role in issuing a CNIC to Mullah Mansour.

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Ghulam Muhammad Bugti had issued the document to the slain Afghan Taliban chief in 2002 and took retirement from office in 2007.

Besides Bugti, three other people involved in issuing CNIC to Mansour were taken into custody and were being investigated.

COMMENTS (1)

Afghan | 7 years ago | Reply Testing the DNA of Taliban leader is itself disrespect and deception to the world community because this guy was brought up in the den of Pakistani establishment.
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