Afghan Taliban leader 'likely' killed in US airstrike, official says

(FOX News) - A U.S. airstrike targeting Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mansour on Saturday "likely" killed him and a second combatant, a US official tells Fox News.

The strike, authorized by President Obama, took place at about 6 a.m. ET in a remote area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, near the town of Ahmad Wal, the official said.

Mansour was traveling in a vehicle when the strike, carried out by multiple unmanned aircraft operated by U.S. Special Operations Forces, occurred.

There was no collateral damage in the aftermath of the strike.

Fox News' Lucas Tomlinson contributed to this report.