Trump said this on the day US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad signed a peace deal with the Taliban in Qatar.

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.

It is still unknown who launched the airstrike - the Afghan Air Force or the coalition forces, led by NATO

Mohammed bin Zayed, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, proposed to Mike Pompeo to set up an assassination programme targeting top Taliban leaders in order to weaken Taliban's negotiating position in peace talks, the Middle East Eye news website has reported.

Three senior leaders of Taliban group have been killed during the joint operations of Afghan army and Afghan intelligence forces in northern Kunduz province.

At least two senior Taliban leaders were killed or wounded in a deadly infighting which erupted in northern Sari Pul province of Afghanistan.

Pakistan on Monday released two more senior Afghan Taliban leaders apparently in the wake of meetings between political representatives of the Taliban and the US officials in Qatar.