Bomb dropped in the the Nangahar Province in Northeast Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

The bomb is targeted at Islamic state caves - not only destroying the tunnels but also killing those who may be in those tunnels.

*Source CNN

The GBU-43 bomb is known as the "Mother of all Bombs". It is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal. It has not been used before in combat according to the CNN report.

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Here is a video about the bomb.