Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is on the FBI’s Most Wanted List, wrote a piece titled “What We, the Taliban, Want.”

A prominent Taliban leader was killed during an operation by the Afghan security forces in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, The Khaama Press News Agency reported on Thursday, citing the country's Defense Ministry.

A top leader of the Taliban group has been killed during the operation of the Afghan intelligence operatives in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.