Generals in Afghanistan, not President Trump or the Pentagon, made the call to drop the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat Thursday, according to reports.

In a briefing with reporters in Kabul on Friday, Gen. John “Mick” Nicholson, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, told reporters the “chain of command allowed me the latitude to make assessments on the ground” to use the GBU-43/B, the Massive Ordnance Air blast, commonly referred to as “the mother of all bombs,” according to the Washington Post.