WASHINGTON: The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, also known as the mother of all bombs, in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday against a series of caves used by ISIS terrorists, the military said. The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb hit a tunnel complex in Achin district in Nangarhar province, US Forces Afghanistan said in a statement. The strike occurred at about 7:32 pm local time (1502 GMT). It was the first time this type of bomb had been used in combat and was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said.
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