21,600 pound bomb dropped on ISIS network of tunnels
By James Griffiths and Barbara Starr, CNN:
In its second major display of military might in one week, the US dropped its most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS positions in a remote part of Afghanistan.
Afghan officials said 36 militants were killed in the strike in Nangarhar province, near the Pakistan border, where the US military previously estimated ISIS had 600 to 800 active fighters.
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) was dropped Thursday night on a network of fortified underground tunnels that ISIS had been using to stage attacks on government forces.
The GPS-guided munition is known as the “mother of all bombs” and is capable of destroying an area equivalent to nine city blocks.
Just passed this valley in Achin district of Nangarhar province is where the US dropped "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/txhjro2VjY
— Ali M Latifi (@alibomaye) April 14, 2017
The blast destroyed three underground tunnels as well as weapons and ammunition, but no civilians were hurt, Afghan and US officials have said.
Residents in nearby villages said the blast shattered their windows and that it created a boom so loud that they feared their own homes had been bombed.
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