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Several senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members in Afghanistan -- including a provincial leader -- have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said on Aug. 13.

Two U.S. Army soldiers were killed Thursday in a firefight against the Islamic State in Afghanistan, a Defence Department official said.

The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials said today.

The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb — dubbed the “Mother Of All Bombs” — was unleashed in combat for the first time, hitting IS positions in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday.

The Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb or MOAB is the heaviest and most lethal weapon that the US Army is said to have used on the Islamic State camp in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
MOAB, also known as the Mother of All Bombs, is the heaviest non-nuclear bomb in the US’ armoury. It weighs over 10,000 kilograms including around 8,500 kg of ammunition.