Ahmad Wal
Ahmad Wal
احمد وال | |
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  Ahmad Wal Location within Balochistan, Pakistan  Ahmad Wal Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 29°25′N 65°56′E / 29.417°N 65.933°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| District | Nushki District |
Ahmad Wal (Urdu: احمد وال, romanized: Aḥmad Wāl) is a town in the Pakistani province of Balochistan about 20 miles from the Afghan border. Ahmad Wal railway station is on the Quetta–Taftan Line.[citation needed]
Taliban leader Akhtar Mansur was killed in a convoy southwest of the town by a U.S. drone strike on 21 May 2016.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Crawford, Jamie. "Taliban leader Mullah Mansour likely killed in airstrike, U.S. officials say". CNN. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
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