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Taliban Was Able To Penetrate Afghanistan Military Base Before Attack

6:27pm April 22, 2017

Journalist Ahmed Rashid talks about Friday's attack on an Afghanistan military base. More than 100 people are reported dead making it the deadliest attack there since 2001.

Afghan soldiers stand guard at the gate of a military compound after a deadly attack by Taliban gunmen at an Afghan Army base, Friday.

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More Than 100 Dead In Taliban Attack On Afghan Army Base

2:17pm April 22, 2017

by Amy Held

Taliban fighters killed the soldiers at a base in the northern part of the country, in one of the deadliest attacks on an Afghan base since the war began.

A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb strikes ISIS-K cave and tunnel systems in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province, in a screenshot from video released by the Pentagon.

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Giant Bomb Was 'Right Weapon' For Attack On ISIS, U.S. General Says

9:42am April 14, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The nearly 22,000-pound bomb killed at least 36 fighters and destroyed "large quantities" of weapons when it struck a network of tunnels, an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman says.

Bomb Dropped On Afghan Province Was Historic In Size

8:10am April 14, 2017

by Scott Horsley

The Pentagon says the U.S. dropped the largest conventional weapon ever used in combat to hit an underground ISIS complex. Some speculate the action was also meant to send a message to North Korea.

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U.S. Drops Largest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever Used In Combat

4:33pm April 13, 2017

by Tom Bowman

The U.S. on Thursday released one of the most powerful non-nuclear bombs ever built — the 22,000 pound Massive Ordnance Air Blast weapon — against ISIS fighters in eastern Afghanistan. It marked the first use of this weapon but was not expected to bring the end of the conflict any closer.

A photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows the GBU-43B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target on Thursday, the first-ever combat us

U.S. Drops Biggest Non-Nuclear Bomb Ever Used In Combat

3:34pm April 13, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The so-called Mother of All Bombs was dropped Thursday in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says it hit an underground ISIS complex.

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300 Marines To Deploy To Afghanistan

8:13am April 12, 2017

Rachel Martin talks with Marine Brig. Gen. Roger Turner about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan as the U.S. prepares to send 300 Marines to Helmand province.

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U.S. Soldier's Death Highlights Threat Of ISIS In Afghanistan

4:49pm April 11, 2017

by Tom Bowman

An American soldier was killed fighting ISIS over the weekend in Afghanistan. NPR takes a look at how serious the ISIS threat is there and how it fits into the wider conflict between American forces, their Afghan allies and anti-government insurgents and terrorists.

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According to Reuters, U.S. officials say the Islamic State in Afghanistan is based overwhelmingly in Nangarhar and Kunar province.

U.S. Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

4:26pm April 08, 2017

by Maggie Penman

The NATO-led Resolute Support's official Twitter account released a statement Saturday saying that a U.S. solider had been killed in Afghanistan. Few details were given about the circumstances.

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Defense Secretary Expresses Concern Over Russian Support For Taliban

5:12pm March 31, 2017

by Tom Bowman

Russia has begun supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan against U.S. forces and the government in Kabul. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis warned in London that the U.S. is "concerned" about this support, first revealed earlier this year, as it weighs the next phase of its approach to the longest-running war in American history.

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