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And one wounded instead afghanistan saturday. a soldier opened fire on what is being called an insider attack. same province the u.s. dropped mother of all bombs on isis complex back in april. the shooter, member of it will afghan forces was killed until return fire. taliban has claimed responsibility saying the soldier was a loiist of the terror group who joined the group just to attack foreign forces. comes after three soldiers were shot and wounded by a similar attack back that march. it is u...

Showing of this bomb, this 21,000-pound-plus bomb being dropped yesterday in a mountain valley in afghanistan. this underscores the u.s. military effort to go after isis in that country. they say the target was an isis complex of tunnels and caves, that they were trying to go after. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan held a press conference a short time ago, and he underscored the point, it was about his military objectives and not something else. >> we had persistent surveillance over the ar...

Today. we are told. this is such a heavy bomb. such a large bomb. it is put in the back of a cargo plane, a special operations cargo plane, and basically pushed out the back of it. now theyve drop today on this isis complex of fighters in eastern afghanistan. this is an area where just a few days ago a u.s. special operations soldier was killed in action in a fire fight with isis fighters. its an area the u.s. has been trying to go after to clear isis out of. it an extraordinary use of this weap...

It was an isis complex. we dont know if there were any leaders there, any big fish or not. but we do know the military feels like it was a successful strike. they took out their target, and they used the munition they thought was appropriate for the target. >> courtney, thank you so much. josh, youre on the ground there in kabul. whats been the reaction there in afghanistan where you are? >> reporter: so the reaction has been quite mixed. we spoke to a number of villagers were quite close to the...

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