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good morning, we meet to receive testimony on the situation in afghanistan, i am pleased to welcome general john ,icholson back to the committee we thank you for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of u.s. and allied forces in afghanistan at a critical time. we would ask you to relate to the brave men and women fighting under your command how appreciative and how proud we are of their service. at war ins been afghanistan for more than a decade and a half. it is always worth remembering that american forces went to afghanistan because that was where, under the century of the under the taliban regime, now counted planned and trained for the september 11 attacks that killed 3000 innocent civilians on american soil. our mission was to ensure that afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for al qaeda or other terrorist groups to attack america or our allies and partners, that mission has been successful for 15 years but it is not over. american f ....
is about to carry out its sixth nuclear test. and 750 million miles away nasa says one of saturn s moons may now be the single best place to look for life beyond earth. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: an away goal at anderlecht, as manchester united attempt to gain the upper hand in their europa league quarterfinal tie in belgium. good evening. syria s president assad says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100% fabrication . instead, he s claimed america worked hand in glove with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american missile strikes. and he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. but tonight, chemical weapons investigators said allegations of a chemical attack last week were credible. our middle east editor jeremy bowen has this report it contains distressing images. the attack on khan sheikhoun produced terrible images of children poisoned by nerve ....
its official name is the gbu iisb massive ordnance air blast, but most people in the pentagon call it the mother of all bombs america s largest non nuclear weapon. and today it was dropped on a tunnel network held by the so called islamic state group in afghanistan. no one knows how many militants were killed in the attack on nangahar province in the country s far east. our north america editor jon sopel has more. this is the gbu iis, also known as a moab, a massive ordnance air blast, or as it is more commonly known, the mother of all bombs. and today, for the first time ever, it was used in combat, the largest non nuclear weapon ever deployed. the target so called islamic state in afghanistan. we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target us military advisers and afghan forces in the area. the united states takes the fight against isis very seriously, and in order to defeat the group, ....
we report from the new york auto show. plus, airb n‘burglary. the home rental giant says it s tightening security after users advertised their homes and then got robbed. we have a special investigation. the former president of afghanistan, hamid karzai, has condemned america s use of one of its largest non nuclear bombs, as inhuman and brutal . the weapon, known as the ‘mother of all bombs‘ was dropped on a network of caves and tunnels used by islamic state militants in eastern afghanistan. it s the second time president trump has approved military strikes, but it s not clear how many militants were killed in the attack on nangahar province. our north america editor jon sopel has more. this is the gbu as, also known as a moab, a massive ordnance air blast or, as it is more commonly known, the mother of all bombs. the largest non nuclear weapon ever deployed. the target so called islamic state in afghanistan. we targeted a system of tunnels and caves that is ....