B-52 Bomber Drops Record Number of Bombs on Taliban Base

On February 4, a US Air Force B-52 Bomber dropped a record-setting 24 bombs on Taliban bases in the Afghanistan province of Badakhshan, near the border with China and Tajikistan.This amount marks the most guided bombs ever dropped from a B-52, a US Central Command press release reported. The airstrike was intended to “destroy insurgent revenue sources, training facilities, and support networks.”United States Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement that the strikes targeted Taliban training bases and stolen Afghan National Army vehicles which were being converted into car bombs.This footage shows the bomb explosions from two different angles. Credit: US Air Force via Storyful