At 7:32 p.m. local time Thursday, April 13, 2017, U.S. Forces Afghanistan conducted a strike on an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan, according to a U.S. Forces Afghanistan news release.
ISIS-K, also known as the Khorasan group, is based in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region and is composed primarily of former members of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban.
The strike used a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (dubbed by some “the mother of all bombs”) dropped from a U.S. aircraft. The strike was designed to minimize the risk to Afghan and U.S. forces conducting clearing operations in the area while maximizing the destruction of ISIS-K fighters and facilities. The bomb weighs over 21,000 lbs.
U.S. Forces Afghanistan conducted a strike on an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan.
“As ISIS-K’s losses have mounted, they are using [improvised bombs], bunkers and tunnels to thicken their defense,” said Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan. “This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive against ISIS-K.”
U.S. forces took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties with this strike and will continue offensive operations until ISIS-K is destroyed in Afghanistan.
CNN reported the blast killed 36 ISIS fighters.
Anyone with a DD-214 knows what a big deal this was. The rest of you piss ants can shut your pie hole.
Wow, got their fields plowed and fertilized in one pass!
Death toll is at 94 now. Probably much greater than those goat humpers will admit. Good job Gen. Nicholson.
That’s what I was thinking. Give them time to find the bodies back in the crushed tunnels. Good gawd, we believe everything the media says. I’m betting it’s in the hundreds. Good riddance. Yes good job Gen. Nicholson.
As long as it costs a sh!t load of taxpayer money and at the same time we have to cut services to Americans….I’m cool with whatever type of bomb they drop. The tomahawk missile strike last week was essentially a swing and a miss, as the airport that was targeted was operational within hours. Then the MOAB kills only 36 ISIS fighters. Sounds like a lapse in intelligence or planning. It’s almost as if we have leaders who don’t know what they’re doing. Thank God we got Trump in office and not that war hawk Hillary!
Your thought process, Nada, verifies your proper choice in careers as a cart attendant at transgender Target.
Wasn’t my comment you TROLL IDIOT.
Smells like LVS to the rest of us.
This administration lies. From the top down, I cannot believe anything they say, so I tune them out. In a relationship where someone constantly lies to you, do you keep believing them?
got rid of only 36, cant be the mother of all bombs. wonder how many $100,000s it cost to make it??
Approximately 320 million
The cost is $17 million research during the “W” years. $180,000 to make each “MOAB”. A waste of money would be leaving it in a warehouse collecting dust.
The count has been upped to over 100 now. Much more important is they have eliminated a transportation route. At least Trump is willing to do something. That is so different from the Coward Obama you dems just can’t wrap your head around it.
Obama gave them his lunch money, like a frightened, cowardly child. This is long overdue, they are no match for us and no other countries toes will be stepped on. Wipe them out and end American casualties.
Obama used precision drone strikes relentlessly throughout his administration to target ISIS and Al Quaida. That doesn’t make headlines like Donnie’s pissing contest MOAB. This whole thing is essentially a dick measuring contest with N. Korea. Just for show, that’s all Donnie is. But he blew millions of taxpayer money and got 38 fighters!
old bombs laying around. He used it before it expired.
Just like the Republicans are doing to us all – using us before we expire.