Afghan officials: U.S. MOAB called 90 ISIS jihadis

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.

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.