Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with visiting U.S. National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster on Sunday, discussing the security situation and bilateral ties, the Afghan Presidential Palace said in a statement.
They also exchanged views on fighting terrorism and reforms and development in Afghanistan during the meeting, said the statement.
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NATO commander in Afghanistan John Nicolson said here on Friday that the timing of using a Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb was not related to outside events.
Answering questions about the timing of using this weapon at a press conference at Government Media and Information Center, Nicolson said, "We have been conducting operations against Islamic States in Afghanistan forRead more
The United States has dropped a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb, otherwise known as the 'Mother of All Bombs', on an Islamic State stronghold in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province.
It is the first time the bomb, developed in the early days of the Iraq war, has been used in combat.
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