KABUL (Pajhwok): Pope Francis has slammed the US military’s naming of the non-nuclear ordnance as "the Mother of All Bombs", saying the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon.
Last month, the US Air Force dropped the massive bomb, called the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), on what it called an Islamic State hideout in Nangarhar province.
"I was ashamed when I heard the name," Pope Francis remarked, saying: "A mother gives life and this one gives . . .
