BREAKING: Al Qaeda’s Second In Command On FBI’s Most-Wanted List Killed In Afghanistan During A Military Operation

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A top Al Qaeda propagandist was killed according to U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, as Fox News reports.

Husam Abd al-Rauf has reportedly been killed.

Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known as Abu Muhsin al-Masri was allegedly involved in heavy violence, including a suicide bombing that took place at an education center near Kabul.

The bombing allegedly killed 24 people.

The Afghan presidential palace issued a statement alleging that al-Rauf had been killed and warned, it “proved that the threat of terrorism and the Taliban’s links to terrorist networks are still in place.”

“The Taliban should prove to the people, the government of Afghanistan and the international community that they are ending their links with terrorist groups, including Al Qaeda,” the statement continued.

They “should stop the war and violence and facilitate a dignified and sustainable peace in the country.”

From Fox News:

The reported death of Husam Abd al-Rauf, also known by the nom de guerre Abu Muhsin al-Masri, follows weeks of violence, including a suicide bombing by the Islamic State group Saturday at an education center near Kabul that killed 24 people. Meanwhile, the Afghan government continues to fight Taliban militants even as peace talks in Qatar between the two sides take place for the first time.

The violence and al-Rauf’s reported killing threatens the face-to-face peace talks and risks plunging this nation beset by decades of war into further instability. It also complicates America’s efforts to withdraw, 19 years after it led an invasion targeting the Taliban for hosting Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 attacks.