{"id":37379,"date":"2017-04-13T11:07:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=37379"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:07:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:07:22","slug":"mother-of-all-bombs-dropped-on-isis-affiliated-cave-complex-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=37379","title":{"rendered":"Mother Of All Bombs Dropped On ISIS Affiliated Cave Complex In Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kabul, Afghanistan&#8230;At 7:32 pm local time today, U.S. Forces \u2014Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS-K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan in 2017.  The strike used a GBU-43 bomb dropped from a U.S. aircraft. The strike was designed to minimize the risk to Afghan and U.S. Forces conducting clearing operations in the area while maximizing the destruction of ISIS-K fighters and facilities. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/moab-gbu-43b-1500-ts600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/moab-gbu-43b-1500-ts600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/moab-gbu-43b-1500-ts600-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/moab-gbu-43b-1500-ts600-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/moab-gbu-43b-1500-ts600-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/moab-gbu-43b-1500-ts600-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the time of development, it was touted as the most powerful non-nuclear weapon ever designed. The bomb was designed to be delivered by a C-130 Hercules.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As ISIS-K&#8217;s losses have mounted, they are using IEDs, bunkers and tunnels to thicken their defense,&#8221; said General John W. Nicholson, Commander, U.S. Forces \u2014 Afghanistan. &#8220;This is the right munition to reduce these obstacles and maintain the momentum of our offensive against ISIS-K.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Forces took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties with this strike. U.S. Forces will continue offensive operations until ISIS-K is destroyed in Afghanistan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kabul, Afghanistan&#8230;At 7:32 pm local time today, U.S. Forces \u2014Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS-K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS-K in Afghanistan in 2017. The strike used a GBU-43 bomb dropped from a U.S. aircraft. 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