2017 Nangarhar airstrike
2017-nangarhar-airstrike-1752886344951-67ba90
Description
On 13 April 2017, the United States conducted an airstrike in Achin District, located in the Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. The airstrike was carried out using the largest non-nuclear weapon in the United States' arsenal, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), with the goal of destroying tunnel complexes used by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP).
ID: 2017-nangarhar-airstrike-1752886344951-67ba90
