The GBU-43B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb targeted an ISIS tunnel complex in Nangarhar’s Achin district, where the group has been operating for about two years.
“This was the right weapon against the right target,” Gen. John Nicholson (cdr US Forces-Afghanistan).
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Afghan official: Death toll from massive US bomb rises to 94, including 4 ISIS commanders
At least 94 Islamic State militants were killed by the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat, an Afghan army spokesman said Saturday. Four of those killed were ISIS commanders, according to rep...