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Pope Francis 'ashamed' with US for using 'mother' to describe bomb
•Pope Francis on Saturday criticised the naming of the US military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as the 'Mother of All Bombs', saying the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon
US military confirms death of Islamic State's Afghanistan leader
•The Pentagon estimates about 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Afghanistan.
Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide attack on Nato Convoy in Kabul
•A powerful blast targeting an armoured Nato convoy in Kabul killed at least eight people and wounded 28 today, including three coalition members, officials said in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
Afghanistan defence chief quits over Taliban attack on army base; US warns of 'another tough year'
•Afghanistan's defence minister and army chief of staff resigned on Monday after the deadliest Taliban attack on a military base, and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said he was "under no illusions" about the problems facing the country.
Terror in South Asia and Mother of all Bombs: The birth and rebirth of the Islamic State of Khorasan
Tara Kartha •The dropping of the never-before-used "Mother of all Bombs" in Afghanistan by US forces is likely to lead to another shuffling of the jihadi pack that operates under the banner of the Islamic State in the country
'Mother of All Bombs' attack: Number of Islamic State fighters killed rises to 90, say Afghan officials
•The number of Islamic State fighters killed by a massive US bomb in eastern Afghanistan has nearly tripled to at least 90, Afghan officials said.
US drops 'mother of all bombs' in Afghanistan: All you need to know about Nangarhar Province, site of the attack
Fp Staff •All you need to know about Nangarhar Province, site of where US forces dropped the GBU-43/B bomb aka the 'mother of all bombs' in Afghanistan on Thursday.
US drops non-nuclear 'Mother Of All Bombs' in Afghanistan on Islamic State hideout
Fp Staff •The Pentagon says US forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb, GBU-43 nicknamed Mother of All Bombs on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan
'Mother of all bombs', part of 'Operation Infinite Justice', latest in US military's grandiose naming protocol
Fp Staff •On Thursday, US President Donald Trump turned his attention to Afghanistan, striking a tunnel complex, and in typically understated Donald Trump vocabulary, termed it the "mother of all bombs"
US drops 'mother of all bombs' in Afghanistan: Optics aside, what was the aim?
Pckatoch •US forces dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on what it said was an Islamic State (IS) cave complex in remote Afghanistan on Thursday.