Pak to perform DNA test to confirm Taliban chief's death
May 24, 2016 21:20
Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday refused to confirm the death of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour but said a DNA test will be done to establish the identity of a man killed in a US drone strike last week.
"He is an Afghan national and the Pakistan government has no means to identify Afghan citizens," he told reporters.
"Our law enforcement and intelligence agencies are still investigating the incident, but so far they have not been able to confirm the identity," the minister said.
He said that an individual approached the government on Tuesday to claim the body of the second deceased person, saying "he is a relative of Mullah Mansour".
"We will perform the DNA test of that person and if it matches with that of the deceased body, only then we will be in a position to confirm that it was Mullah Mansour who was killed in the incident," he said.
He confirmed the attack on Pakistani soil but said that drone did not enter its airspace.
"The attack was launched from other country," he said, but refused to identify exactly from where the strike was carried out.
He said that he was unable to understand how the passport of the passenger traveling in the vehicle as Wali Muhammad was not damaged when everything was destroyed in the attack.
Khan said investigation was going on about it.
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