https://ift.tt/2wwdHAe U.S. Airstrike Kills Senior Taliban Commander in Afghanistan Afghanistan War (2001- ), United States International Relations, Deaths (Fatalities), Terrorism Mullah Abdul Manan, who led the Taliban’s brutal campaigns in southern Afghanistan, was killed as American diplomats push the group to join peace talks. TAIMOOR SHAH and FAHIM ABED December 2, 2018 at 05:30AM