Afghan official: Death toll from massive US bomb rises to 94, including 4 ISIS commanders

[TomSea]

Afghan official: Death toll from massive US bomb rises to 94, including 4 ISIS commanders

By PHILLIP WALTER WELLMAN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 15, 2017

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 94 Islamic State militants were killed by the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used in combat, an Afghan army spokesman said Saturday.

 Maj. Sherin Aqa, head of public affairs for the 201st Corps in eastern Nangarhar province, where the GBU-43B was detonated, said ISIS commanders are among the dead.

“Our latest reports indicate that four main commanders are among the 94 people killed,” Aqa told Stars and Stripes.

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[catfish1957]

94 now?

That is still over $170,000 per kill based just on the construction cost of a MOAB device.

I thought Trump was a businessman.  $170K/kill a good investment?

[Cripplecreek]

94 now?

That is still over $170,000 per kill based just on the construction cost of a MOAB device.

I thought Trump was a businessman.  $170K/kill a good investment?

Its more of a psy-ops weapon anyway.

Don't be surprised if those who said casualty numbers are a foolish way of fighting a war now happily tout those same numbers. Personally I'm not sure how they would get an accurate count of people who were supposedly in caves.