Obama Confirms Mansoor’s Death, Pakistan Says Sovereignty Breached

Nawaz Sharif says US Secretary of State John Kerry called to inform him of the strike only after it had taken place.

Passport found at the drone attack site. (Photo: Twitter/@sayedsalahuddin)

• US President Barack Obama says the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor during a US drone strike in western Pakistan is an “important milestone” in the longstanding effort to bring peace to Afghanistan.
  

• Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that reports still did not confirm Mansoor’s death and that US Secretary of State John Kerry called him to inform him about the drone strike but only after it had already taken place.
  

• The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has said that a passport found at the site bears the name of a Pakistani man named Wali Muhammad and called the attack a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.
  

(With inputs from AP and IANS.)