The United States on Thursday dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, known as the "mother of all bombs," on an area occupied by Daesh fighters in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Reuters reported.
Weighing in at 21,000 pounds, it is the largest non-nuclear bomb, and was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft, Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump said.
The blast would “feel like a nuclear weapon to anyone near the area," retired Lt. Col. Rick Francona told CNN in an interview.
Nangarhar province is located close to the Pakistani border and is also a busy area for trade and hosts large numbers of Afghan refugees recently deported from Pakistan.
No figures on casualties are yet available.
