VOA: Afghan Government Says 36 IS Members Killed in MOAB Bombing
Afghanistan says a massive bomb dropped Thursday by a U.S. warplane killed 36 members of Islamic State group and destroyed a large cache of weapons.
A statement released by the Afghan defense ministry Friday said there were no civilian casualties in this attack. The 10,000-kilogram GBU-43 bomb, known as "the mother of all bombs" (MOAB), was dropped on an Islamic State bunker complex in northeastern Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan Thursday.
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'It felt like the heavens were falling': Afghans reel from MOAB's impact -- Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Guardian
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'Mother of all bombs' - what has it achieved? -- Shamil Shams & Masood Saifullah, DW
Mother Of All Bombs: What is it and why is the US now using it to fight Islamic State? -- Steven Viney, ABC News Online
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Factbox: 'Mother of all bombs' targets Islamic State in Afghanistan -- Reuters
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