JALALABAD - Local officials and residents say GBU-43/B or Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb which was dropped in Momandara area of Achin district of eastern Nangarhar caused no harm to human health and farms.
They say agriculture activities and people’s life has been normal in the area and there is no sign of damages caused by the so called mother of all bombs (MOAB).
In March 2017, US forces dropped the bomb on a number of muddy houses in Asadkhel Valley of Achin district.
Afghan and foreign officials at the time had said the bomb targeted Daesh militants and killed 95 of the rebels.
After the bombing, a number of national and international news agencies reported that crops did not grow in the area and people there contracted diseases.
Nangarhar Governor Shah Mahmod Miakhel told Pajhwok Afghan News that he facilitated a National Security Council (NSC)’s team to visit the area and investigate the issue.
Zahir Adil, spokesman of Nangarhar public health department, said that local healthcare centers and Jalalabad Zonal Hospital had not registered any diseases caused by the bomb.
However, a number of provincial representatives a few days ago said that people in the area where the MOAB was dropped had contracted different diseases. (Pajhwok)