Karzai slams Trump for using massive bomb in Afghanistan
By Reuters
16 April 2017 |
5:47 am
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai condemned President Trump's actions in allowing the U.S. military to drop the largest conventional bomb ever used in combat during an operation against Islamic State militants in Afghanistan.
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