JALALABAD, Afghanistan: The death toll from America’s largest non-nuclear bomb has nearly tripled, with Afghan officials saying Saturday some 90 Islamic State fighters died when the blast smashed their mountain hideout, as US-led forces began clean-up operations.
Dubbed the “Mother Of All Bombs”, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb was unleashed in combat for the first time Thursday, hitting IS positions in a remote, rugged area of eastern Nangarhar province.
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