MOAB sluppet over IS - CNN

April 13, 2017   |   by Eric Bradner and Daniella Diaz US drops largest-ever non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan A scoop from CNN's Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne: The US military dropped America's most powerful non- nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan, the first time this type of weapon has been used in battle, according to US officials. A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed the "mother of all bombs" and the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal that's ever been dropped, was dropped at 7:32 p.m. local time, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission. A MOAB is a 30- foot long, 21,600-pound, GPS-guided munition. President Donald Trump called it "another successful job." The bomb was dropped by an MC-130, stationed inAfghanistan and operated by Air Force Special OperationsCommand, Pentagon spokesman Adam  Stump told CNN.Kabul (CNN)At least 94 Islamic State fighters were killedwhen the US military dropped America's most powerful non-nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan, an Afghan official said Saturday."The number of Daesh fighters killed in the US bomb in Achindistrict jumped to 94, including fourcommanders," Nangarharprovincial spokesman AttaullahKhogiani told CNN, using analternative name for ISIS.