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Donald Trump claims ‘mission successful’, though IS says ‘no casualties’
- Updated: April 15, 2017
US President Donald Trump
Jalalabad: The US military’s largest non-nuclear explosve killed during slightest 36 militants as it decimated a low hovel formidable of a Islamic State group, Afghan officials pronounced yesterday, statute out any municipal casualties.
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast explosve — improved famous as a “Mother Of All Bombs” — strike IS hideouts in Achin district in eastern Nangarhar range on Thursday. “As a outcome of a bombing, pivotal Daesh (IS) hideouts and low hovel formidable were broken and 36 IS fighters were killed,” a counterclaim method pronounced in a statement.
US President Donald Trump had progressing called a goal “very, really successful”. The Afghan presidential house pronounced precautions were taken to equivocate municipal casualties. The outrageous explosve has a blast produce homogeneous to 11 tons of TNT, and a arms was creatively designed as most to dominate foes as to transparent extended areas.
Afghan villagers rush from a encampment nearby a site of USâÂÂbombing in Achin district; (inset) A video squeeze shows explosve distinguished ISISâÂÂhideouts. Pics/AFP
Nangarhar, that borders Pakistan, is a hotbed of IS militancy. US army have conducted a series of atmosphere strikes on jihadist bases in a area given Aug final year. IS, scandalous for a power of apprehension in Syria and Iraq, has been creation inroads into Afghanistan in new years.
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Donald Trump, US President
‘We are so unapproachable of a military, it was another successful event’
Esmail Shinwari, Achin governor
‘The blast was a biggest we have ever seen. Towering abandon engulfed a area’
‘IS denies pang casualties’
Cairo: The Islamic State organisation denied yesterday it had suffered casualties from a US military’s largest non-nuclear bomb, that strike a towering hideouts in Afghanistan, in a matter on a promotion group Amaq. “Security source to Amaq group denies any passed or bleeding from yesterday’s American strike in Nangarhar regulating a GBU-43/B,” a group’s contentious news group pronounced on amicable media accounts. The MOAB explosve was unleashed in fight for a initial time yesterday, attack IS positions in eastern Nangarhar province.