Government: 36 Islamic State fighters killed by massive bomb

RHAMAT GUL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS An Afghan commando stands guard at Pandola village, near the site of the U.S. forces’ bombing in Achin district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday..U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with “the mother of all bombs,” the largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said. By AMIR SHAH

KABUL, Afghanistan — The attack on a tunnel complex in remote eastern Afghanistan with the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military left 36 Islamic State group fighters dead and no civilian casualties, Afghanistan officials said…