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Gen. John Nicholson had leeway from the White House to make the call on where and when to use the MOAB in Afghanistan.

A small 300-Marine task force bound for Helmand Province, Afghanistan, quietly deployed from Camp Lejeune last week.

Experts have questioned MOAB's estimated price tag of $170,000. A B-52 bomber's payload can pack the same punch, if not more.

Quari Tayib had been a target of interest since 2011 and was responsible for the deaths of U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan.

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The Durand Line is one more example of an ill-conceived frontier that inflames the dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan

A firefight Wednesday in the area where the MOAB was dropped earlier this month killed two U.S. troops and wounded one.

The U.S. Army announced Thursday the upcoming deployments of 5,700 soldiers to Europe as well as Afghanistan.

The Army has begun a investigation into whether two Army Rangers killed in Afghanistan may have been hit by friendly fire.