The US forces in Afghanistan dropped a Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), also dubbed the “mother of all bombs,” over eastern Afghanistan on April 13th. This terrorist group called Islamic State in Khorasan (IS-K) has established a foothold in Afghanistan since 2015. The brazen attack on the Afghan National Army 209 Shaheen Corps Headquarters effectively doused MOAB’s flash and silenced its thunder. McMaster and Defense Secretary James Mattis visited Kabul recently, holding talks with Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan President. Another notorious warlord, Gulbudin Hekmatyar, with whom Mr. Ghani signed a peace treaty, is returning to the Afghan capital Kabul.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2017 19:52 UTC