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Several major u sisuicide attacn kabul. a u.s. special forces member lost his life over the weekend. u.s. officials said they identified this cave complex as a real critical target but because of its size and how well-defended it was by isis, they felt this massive bomb was the right weapon. >> a bomb so big they used a cargo airplane and a parachute. ryan brown, thank you so much. let's talk a little bit more about the implications of this mega bomb. i have former counterterrorism analyst for the cia, buck sexton, retired air force lieutenant colonel rick francona and nic robertson. nic, le...

This, we do -- we to do joint operations with the united states military. so, yes. >> okay. you do expect more. >> so does this significantly deter isis in afghanistan? or is it more of a signal that they've sent? >> well, this cave complex is what had been, what we're -- we're fighting against, in the last week. there was an, a joint operation to clear that area from daesh and what had happened in this cave complex was they had mined it quite heavily with ieds, and the important part was to not just eliminate those those ieds and the terrorists but to ensure that their movement and their hide...

A 9 tomahawk missiles. the guy was really enjoying his moment in the sun a little bit too much? ains 80s the payday? daughter is so adorable. she is cute. she start with this. a fox news alert. three dozen isis militants dead. they were killed when the u.s. unleashed the mother of all bombs. 22,000 pounds of dynamite. pete: it is a show of force heard around the world this morning. our own leland vittert is live from the white house with that. leland, good morning. >> brian, ainsley and pete, good morning to you. the symbolism is not lost on the white house here. this bomb is uniquely suited t...

There just along the border. this is video of when this bomb was originally tested. you can see the blast radius is about a mile that cloud is going to go about 10,000 feet in the air. and equally important to the fireball here is how it sucks all of the oxygen out of the area where it explodes. so it penetrates down in terms of its killing ability in to a cave complex like the one there in afghanistan that isis had taken over. the "wall street journal" reports that that cave complex was originally used as a gem mine and now is being used by isis as a staging area and a military compound. rath...

Year, daesh had intensified its attacks against the afghan people. attacking a hospital and quite recently, just this week, another sued attack that killed five afghan civilians. >> i want to ask you, mr. ambassador, about mohammed karzai, former president who tweet add three-part tweet storm, if you will, that this is brutal and inhumane. he criticized the u.s. for using afghanistan as a testing ground for weaponry. maybe he has a bone to pick with your current president, but what's your reaction to that criticism? >> well, this is not a nuclear or a chemical bomb. the target was a cave compl...