Taliban suicide bomber chief killed
British troops have killed a Taliban chief believed to be responsible for the deaths of two British servicemen in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
Mullah Mansur is believed to be behind suicide bomber attacks against British and Afghan forces in and around Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand Province.
These include the suicide attacks which killed Sergeant Ben Ross of the Royal Military Police and Gurkha Corporal Kumar Pun in Gereshk on May 7.