Apr 14, 2017

New Pentagon video shows the massive force unleashed by the Mother Of All Bombs that killed 36 ISIS militants and blew away a network of tunnels and caves in Afghanistan

A member of Afghanistan's special forces unit keeps watch in Achin district of Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan on April 14, 2017, a day after the blast that killed 36 ISIS militants 
A member of Afghanistan's special forces unit keeps watch in Achin district of Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan on April 14, 2017, a day after the blast that killed 36 ISIS militants 
An Afghan special forces soldier points his gun towards the enemy lines in Achin district of Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan, where the US Air Force dropped the 21,600lbs 'mother of all bombs'
An Afghan special forces soldier points his gun towards the enemy lines in Achin district of Nangarhar province, in eastern Afghanistan, where the US Air Force dropped the 21,600lbs 'mother of all bombs'
The military used a GBU-43 (pictured), which weighs a staggering 21,600 pounds, and has earned the moniker 'Mother Of All Bombs
The military used a GBU-43 (pictured), which weighs a staggering 21,600 pounds, and has earned the moniker 'Mother Of All Bombs
ximum effect against ISIS while preventing civilian casualties.'
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he had authorized his military commanders to take actions like the one put into play on Thursday

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he had authorized his military commanders to take actions like the one put into play on Thursday
A general view of Achin district, in Jalalabad, after US forces dropped the bomb in Afghanistan targeting a complex network of ISIS caves and tunnels

A general view of Achin district, in Jalalabad, after US forces dropped the bomb in Afghanistan targeting a complex network of ISIS caves and tunnels

Huge: The MOAB test fired in 2003 shortly before final preparations for it to be loaded onto an MC-130 attack aircraft
Huge: The MOAB test fired in 2003 shortly before final preparations for it to be loaded onto an MC-130 attack aircraft
General Nicholson, who heads US Forces Afghanistan, described the weapon as the 'right munition' to reduce ISIS obstacles and maintain the momentum against jihadists in the region.
The strike hit a system of tunnels and caves that IS fighters had used to 'move around freely, making it easier for them to target US military advisers and Afghan forces' nearby, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said.