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good evening and welcome to bbc news. the us says a huge bomb dropped on so called islamic state militants in afghanistan was the right weapon against the right target . president trump authorised the use of the weapon known as the mother of all bombs for the attack in which 36 militants were killed. the commander of us forces in afghanistan generaljohn nicholson said it had been carried out in coordination with the government in kabul. the former afghan president hamid karzai has condemned the attack. here s our security correspondent frank gardner. a remote valley in a remote country. 11 tonnes of high explosive. on an isis tunnel complex in afghanistan. the blast was felt 30 miles away. the weapon used is called a massive ordnance airburst, also known as the mother of all bombs. this was its first time used in combat. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will continue to work shoulder to shoulder with our afghan comrades. to eliminate this threat