bullets, killing three army rangers and wounding another. we don t know specifics about this operation, julie, if it was some kind of military operation, a mission, or if it was a training operation, hopefully we will get more, you know, specifics on that from the pentagon. but that said, it happened in the achin district in eastern afghanistan, east of kabul, close to the pakistan board and it is significant because it is the same region where as you st julie where the u.s. dropped the moab, the mother of all bombs on an isis cave complex back in april. this is a violent mountainous region where not only are our troops u.s. troops contending with isis but also with the taliban that claimed responsibility for this attack, julie. so what is being said about the nature of the attack, the source, was it an inside attack? that s what afghan officials
rangers and wounding another. we don t know specifics about this operation, julie, if it was some kind of military operation, a mission, or if it was a training operation, hopefully we will get more, you know, specifics on that from the pentagon. but that said, it happened in the achin district in eastern afghanistan, east of kabul, close to the pakistan board and it is significant because it is the same region where as you just mentioned in the intro julie where the u.s. dropped the moab, the mother of all bombs on an isis cave complex back in april. this is a violent mountainous region where not only are our troops u.s. troops contending with isis but also with the taliban that claimed responsibility for this attack, julie. so what is being said about the nature of the attack, the source, was it an inside attack? that s what afghan officials are saying at this point.
shannon: the blast heard round the world. the pentagon releasing video of the massive ordnance air blast bomb hitting an isis cave complex. sending a loud message to america s enemies far and wide. i m shannon bream with the one and only bill hemmer. bill: the pentagon putting out the video earlier today. the mother of all bombs, 10 tons of explosives. maximizing the destruction of isis fighters and facilities. all the tunnels and caves that are so difficult to reach. while also trying to minimize to risk to u.s. and afghan forces and civilians as well. david lee miller live with more. why use it now against isis