The United
States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever
used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves
used by Islamic State militants, the military said.
It was the
first time the United States has used this size of bomb in a conflict. It was
dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar province,
close to the border with Pakistan, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said.
General John
Nicholson, the head of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, said the
bomb was used against caves and bunkers housing fighters of the Islamic State
in Afghanistan, also known as ISIS-K.
“This is the
right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our
offensive against ISIS-K,” Nicholson said in a statement.
It was not
immediately clear how much damage the bomb did.
(Reuters)
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