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Al Jazeera
4 days ago
- Health
- Al Jazeera
How the Afghan village hit by a 10,000kg bomb is coping now
In 2017, the US dropped the 'mother of all bombs' in a remote village in Afghanistan's Achin district. Al Jazeera made the journey to see what's left: homes destroyed, health problems mounting, and no accountability in sight.


Al Jazeera
4 days ago
- General
- Al Jazeera
The Take: How the Afghan village hit by a 10,000kg bomb is coping now
In 2017, the US dropped the 'mother of all bombs' in a remote village in Afghanistan's Achin district. Al Jazeera made the journey to see what's left: homes destroyed, health problems mounting, and no accountability in sight. In this episode: Episode credits: This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K Li, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Mariana Navarrete, Remas Alhawari, Kisaa Zehra, Kingwell Ma, Khaled Soltan, and our guest host, Natasha del Toro. It was edited by Noor Wazwaz. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is the Take's executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Instagram, X, Facebook, Threads and YouTube


Al Jazeera
7 days ago
- General
- Al Jazeera
Afghan villagers struggle years after US dropped ‘mother of all bombs'
NewsFeed Afghan villagers struggle years after US dropped 'mother of all bombs' Villagers in a remote corner of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province are still struggling with the aftermath of the US military's most destructive non-nuclear bomb over eight years after it was dropped.