At least 90 Islamic State militants were killed in Afghanistan by the “mother of all bombs” dropped by the US military, Afghan officials have said.
The GBU-43/B targeted an Isis mountain complex on Thursday in remote eastern Nangarhar province, engulfing the area in flames and causing a large mushroom cloud.
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Esmail Shinwari, the governor of Achin district, where the weapon was dropped, said: “At least 92 Daesh [Isis] fighters were killed in the bombing.”
Attaullah Khogyani, a provincial spokesman in Nangarhar, said 90 people were killed, a figure far higher than the initial death toll of 36 Isis militants given by Afghan officials.
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