Locals portray the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped,as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weaponAfter his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner. Then the blast came, or engulfing the sky in flames and sending tremors through the ground.[br]“The earth felt like a boat in a storm,” Shahzadah said. “I thought my house was being bombed. Last year a drone strike targeted a house next to mine, but this time it felt like the heavens were falling. The children and women were very insecure.” Related: 36 Isis militants killed in US 'mother of all bombs' attack, or says Afghan ministry Related: The bombing of Afghanistan shows the US is led by a one-man wild card | Simon Jenkins Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com