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Airstrike targets Taliban leader
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By ALAN FRAM and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The U.S. conducted an airstrike Saturday against Taliban leader Mullah Mansour, the Pentagon said, and a U.S. official said Mansour was believed to have been killed. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said the attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. He said the U.S. was still studying the results of the strike, essentially leaving Mansour’s fate uncertain. But one U.S. official not authorized to discuss the operation publicly said Mansour and a second male combatant accompanying him in a vehicle were probably killed. This official said the attack was authorized by President Barack Obama. Mansour was chosen to head the Afghan Taliban last summer after the death several years earlier of the organization’s founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar, became public. The Taliban is the most powerful insurgent group in the war-ravaged country, where an estimated 11,000 civilians were killed or wounded and 5,500 government troops and police officers died last year alone. Cook said Mansour has been “actively involved with planning attacks” across Afghanistan. He called Mansour “an obstacle to peace and reconciliation” between the Taliban and the Afghan government who has barred top Taliban officials from joining peace talks, which have produced few signs of progress. Members of Congress lauded the attack. One lawmaker said Mansour’s death, if confirmed, would be a significant blow to the Taliban, though not enough to allow the U.S. to disengage from a conflict that has involved thousands of U.S. troops for nearly 15 years. “We must remain vigilant and well-resourced in the field, and must continue to help create the conditions for a political solution,” said Rep. Adam Schiff a California Democrat. Continued on Page A-5
NATHAN BIRCH, a member of the Indiana High School Jimmy Stewart Club, tossed candy to spectators at the Bicentennial Parade on Saturday morning. Indiana Borough was founded in 1816.
WILL SABO, 20 months, had one of the best seats in the house atop his father’s shoulders. He is the son of Alex and Lisa Sabo, of Indiana. JEFFREY TOBIN, who owns Henry Hall Office Products, the oldest business in Indiana, celebrated with a cigar, dressed as Henry Hall himself.
Organizers tuning up for jazz, blues fest INDIANA COUNTY Sheriff Bob Fyock rode a horse in the parade.
Photos by Gazette photographer KEVIN STIFFLER Look for more images on The Indiana Gazette Online.
B.J. PINO directed the Indiana Brass Band, featuring period instruments and outfits, which played prior to the parade.
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Nationally known musicians as well as regional and student musicians will be featured during Saturday’s third annual Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz & Blues Festival. The festival will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at IRMC Park on North Seventh Street in Indiana. The festival is free. According to Mike Powers, chairman of the festival, educating the next generation of jazz and blues musicians is a goal of the festival each year. “This year we present our best educational programs to date, with our special guest artist, trombonist Jeff Bush,” Powers said. Bush is a former member of Harry Connick Jr.’s band and has performed with acts such as The Count Basie Orchestra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Cyrus Chestnut, Kevin Mahogany, Marlena Shaw, Benny Golson, Jon Hendricks, Ahmad Jamal, Vanessa Rubin, Jimmy Heath and Anthony Braxton. He’ll be conducting a jazz improvisation workshop for student musicians during the Next Gen Jazz educational program, as well as performing with the Westsylvania Continued on Page A-5
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Inside NO EXAGGERATION Exaggerator has finally beaten Nyquist, and it came in the Preakness on Saturday to end any chance of another Triple Crown. Page C-1
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