US 'mother of all bombs' killed 36 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan

US drops Mother of all bombs on IS militants in Afghanistan. GRAPHIC NEWS April 14, 2017 -- The U.S. military has dropped America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb on so-called Islamic State targets in Afghanistan. It is the first time this type of weapon has been used in battle. Graphic shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB).

KABUL - As many as 36 suspected Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan when the United States dropped “the mother of all bombs,” one of the largest non-nuclear devices ever unleashed in combat, the Afghan defence ministry said yesterday.

Thursday’s strike came as US President Donald Trump dispatches his first high-level delegation to Kabul, amid uncertainty about his plans for the nearly 9,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan.