Most of these reports should be filtered through the prism of a desired political narrative. President Obama’s civilian pentagon officials quickly announcing a “drone strike”, “inside Pakistan” that may have killed a high-profile Taliban leader.
Why does the administration need to specifically tell the world the details?  Why put Pakistan in a position of retaliation from al-Qaeda with notification of a cross border drone strike?

Perhaps these continual and overly public releases of information are an outcome of a U.S. President being forced to act by the U.S. military.  The White House not wanting to engage, puts intensely stringent rules in place to insure the continued life of the enemy.
The military follows those rules and puts the enemy directly on a tee. Obama is reluctantly forced to approve the strike lest he be clearly outlined as supporting the enemy.  With no option Obama approves the strike, but then exposes every element of the attack he can, through his civilian surrogates, in order to create a hostile consequence that will diminish any possible future occurrence.
According to released media reports the Pentagon is claiming the U.S. conducted an airstrike targeting Taliban leader Mullah Mansour.    An initial report from Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook claims they believe Mansour was killed in a drone strike.
The attack occurred in a remote region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. However, as more details emerge it appears the attack was inside Pakistan.  Mansour and a second male combatant accompanying him in a vehicle were likely killed.
The attack was carried out by unmanned aircraft operated by U.S. Special Operations Forces. The operation occurred at about 6 a.m. EDT southwest of the town of Ahmad Wal.