Tag: Afghanistan

Commander of the Resolute Support mission and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Army Gen. John W. Nicholson had brought the weapon into Afghanistan well before the inauguration of President Trump. AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

US commander didn’t ask permission to drop ‘the Mother of All Bombs’

Jamie McIntyre · April 14, 2017 5:44 pm

U.S. forces and Afghan commandos patrol Pandola village near the site of a U.S. bombing in the Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 14, 2017. U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Washington Secrets

Warren: Where’s the beef on Afghanistan bombing?

Paul Bedard · April 14, 2017 3:35 pm

In a briefing with reporters in Kabul on Friday, Gen. John 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." (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

National Security

Afghanistan commander, not Trump, approved massive bomb strike, reports say

Travis J. Tritten · April 14, 2017 3:20 pm

The bomb is the second-largest conventional American bomb with the explosive equivalent of 11 tons of TNT. (Screengrab)

National Security

Watch: Pentagon releases video of ‘mother of all bombs’ strike

Kyle Feldscher · April 14, 2017 11:53 am

A general view of the area bombed by U.S. forces is seen in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, April 14, 2017. The U.S. used the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat attack — the "Mother of All Bombs" — on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan which left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said Friday .The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that several IS caves and ammunition caches were destroyed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

National Security

Afghan government: ‘Mother of All Bombs’ kills 36 ISIS fighters, no civilian casualties

Associated Press · April 14, 2017 9:54 am

One MOAB costs about $16 million. (MARK KULAW/NORTHWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS)

Beltway Confidential

The price of MOAB

David Freddoso · April 13, 2017 6:58 pm

National Security

Sean Spicer dodges on whether Trump personally ordered ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ strike

Kyle Feldscher · April 13, 2017 6:04 pm

The U.S. has dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb on a tunnel complex in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. The use of the GBU-43/B is a first for the battlefield, and was dropped in Nangarhar province on Thursday.

National Security

US drops ‘Mother of All Bombs’ on Afghanistan, destroying a tunnel complex

Jamie McIntyre · April 13, 2017 4:37 pm

Stoltenberg reminded Trump and the public that NATO allies have contributed to the defense of the Untied States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

NATO chief: Allied spending up $10 billion because of Trump

Joel Gehrke · April 12, 2017 9:44 pm

The soldier was mortally wounded late Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan identified by Pentagon

Travis J. Tritten · April 10, 2017 8:45 pm

U.S. soldiers assigned to Train, Advise, Assist Command-East prepare for the arrival of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, in 2015. A U.S. soldier was killed in the region on Saturday. (U.S. Army photo)

National Security

US soldier killed in Afghanistan while fighting ISIS affiliate

David Brown · April 8, 2017 11:02 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that the United States should have only "modest expectations" when seeking cooperation with Russia, which is working against U.S. interests in many parts of the world. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

In London, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis takes aim at Moscow

Jamie McIntyre · March 31, 2017 12:08 pm