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In a remote, mountainous area of eastern afghanistan that borders pakistan. kourtney was live with us yesterday when the news of this came out. good to see you again. this bomb has been in the u.s. arsenal for decades. why use it now? >> well, as you mentioned, it has been in the arsenal for decades, but what was the target that made the military pull it out now? well, general nicholson, the commander there, talked about that this morning and mentioned it was a large isis complex with an intricate tunnel system underneath. so the gbo-43, the mother of all bombs, as you said, it's actually a pr...

Civilian casualties as possible, hopefully none. >> and courtney, this is the largest bomb we have in our arsenal that is not a nuclear bomb. it's nowhere near as powerful as a nuclear bomb, according to the reporting that you sent out. but talk to me about how powerful this actually is and what they were intending to do with it. this is something that explodes in the air? >> no. so this is something that -- it's not -- i think there are some people who think that it's what people often call a bunker buster which goes down and pen traits the earth and would take out a tunnel. that is not that....