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Afghanistan
New pictures show aftermath of MOAB bombing on ISIS hideouts in Afghanistan
2017-05-11
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] New pictures have emerged from the eastern Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
province of Afghanistan showing the aftermath of an Arclight airstrike involving GBU-43 bombing, also known as Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) on ISIS hideouts.

The pictures were released by the provincial government earlier today which shows the massive losses incurred to the ISIS gunnies in Asad Khel area of Achin district.

A destroyed car, bodies of ISIS gunnies dispersed and still lying across the area, damaged tunnels, and presence of the Afghan cops are shown in the latest photographs released by the government.

The bomb was dropped around 7:30 pm local time on Thursday, the 13th of April, a move which was widely welcomed by the local residents and tribal elders of Nangarhar.

The commander of the US forces based in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson appeared in a presser after the Arclight airstrike was conducted, saying the use of the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb or Mother of All Bombs in Achin district sent a clear message to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group.

Gen. Nicholson made the remarks as he was speaking to reports together with the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Kabul on Monday.

"The strike in Achin was to send a very clear message to ISIS. If they come to Afghanistan they will be destroyed," he said.

Gen. Nicholson further added "We are going to keep going until ISIS-K is defeated in 2017. There is no space for ISIS-K in Afghanistan."

A number of the tribal elders also appeared in a gathering after the Arclight airstrike was conducted and urged for further strikes to clear the province from the presence of ISIS murderous Moslems.

Nearly 100 ISIS gunnies including several of their key leaders were killed in the Arclight airstrike and the main tunnels network and other hideouts were totally eliminated.

Posted by:Fred

#3  I've lost my Voice.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-05-11 16:28  

#2  MOAB'DIB.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-05-11 16:19  

#1  We need a bigger MOAB. Maybe GMFnMOAB super plus. The mountain is still standing.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-05-11 09:42  

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