Senior Taliban leader Mullah Muzamel killed in Afghanistan

Afghan officials today confirmed the death of senior Taliban leader Mullah Muzamel, identified as the shadow governor of Helmand province. A Talibani spokesperson for southern Afghanistan denied reports of his death, claiming that no official had been killed or wounded in Helmand. The report comes days after Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed by an American airstrike in Pakistan.