April 2017 Achin airstrike

On 13 April 2017, the United States conducted an airstrike in Achin District, located in the Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. The airstrike was carried out using the largest non-nuclear weapon in the United States' arsenal, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), with the goal of destroying tunnel complexes used by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-KP).

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2017  Wikidata
April 2017 Nangarhar airstrike; Bombing of Achin; Bombing of Nangarhar
military campaign, Islamic State, United States Air Force, Afghanistan, 

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	2008	Deh Bala wedding party airstrike	airstrike	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2017	April 2017 Achin airstrike	United States Air Force, military campaign, Islamic State	Wikidata