'Mother Of All Bombs' Killed 36 ISIS Fighters, Say Afghan Officials: Reports

The "Mother of All Bombs" dropped by the U.S. military in Afghanistan killed 36 Islamic State group members, Afghan officials said, according to media reports Friday. No civilians were hurt and several ISIS ammunition caches were destroyed in the Thursday attack, the Afghan defense ministry said. The U.S. Air Force targeted an ISIS tunnel network with the 21,000-pound MOAB, the largest nonnuclear bomb.

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