Former Afghan President: Massive US bomb was an 'atrocity'

AP  |  Kabul 

Former President says that the US is using as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb "an immense atrocity against the people."

Last week, US forces dropped the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb in Nangarhar province, reportedly killing 95 militants. Karzai, in a Monday interview with The Associated Press, objected to the decision, saying that his country "was used very disrespectfully by the US to test its weapons of mass destruction.

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Former Afghan President: Massive US bomb was an 'atrocity'

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that the US is using Afghanistan as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb "an immense atrocity against the Afghan people." Last week, US forces dropped the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb in Nangarhar province, reportedly killing 95 militants. Karzai, in a Monday interview with The Associated Press, objected to the decision, saying that his country "was used very disrespectfully by the US to test its weapons of mass destruction. Former President says that the US is using as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb "an immense atrocity against the people."

Last week, US forces dropped the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb in Nangarhar province, reportedly killing 95 militants. Karzai, in a Monday interview with The Associated Press, objected to the decision, saying that his country "was used very disrespectfully by the US to test its weapons of mass destruction.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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