A US military strike with a weapon known as the “mother of all bombs” (MOAB) killed 36 IS militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defence ministry says.

The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat was dropped on IS tunnels in Nangarhar province, reports the BBC.

No civilians were affected by the explosion, the ministry said.

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack as “an inhuman and most brutal misuse of our country”.

A video released on the US army’s Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System showed footage of the bomb striking its target.

BDST: 1759 HRS, APR 14, 2017
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