US drops largest non-nuclear bomb on Isis target in Afghanistan.
It is the first time this bomb, which contains 11 tons of explosives, has ever been used in combat since it was developed in 2003.
The Pentagon confirmed US forces had used the 21,000lb GBU-43 bomb on a cave believed to be used by IS fighters in the Achin district of Nangarhar province.
The location was close close to the border with Pakistan.
Retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona told CNN the blast generated by the bomb would ‘feel like a nuclear weapon to anyone near the area’.
It was not immediately clear how much damage the bomb did.

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