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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 14:25 UTC

Tag: MOAB bomb

  • Friday, April 14th 2017 - 16:39 UTC

    Trump's MOAB kills 36 IS militants: allegedly no civilians casualties

    Gen John Nicholson, head of US forces in Afghanistan, said: “We have US forces at the site and we see no evidence of civilian casualties nor have there been reports.”

    A US military strike with a weapon known as the “mother of all bombs” (MOAB) killed 36 IS militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defense ministry says. The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat was dropped on IS tunnels in Nangarhar province. No civilians were affected by the explosion, the ministry said.