Massive Bomb in Afghanistan Kills Uzbeks, Tajiks, Russians, Pakistanis

AKIPRESS.COM - The massive U.

S. bomb dropped on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan last week killed militant fighters from Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, India, and other countries, an Afghan official said, reports the RFE/RL.

"Most militants killed in the attack were from Pakistan, India, Philippines, and Bangladesh," Mohammad Radmanish, a spokesman for the Afghan defense ministry, said on April 18.The GBU-43 bomb, nicknamed MOAB for "massive ordnance air...

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