Thursday's strike came as U.S. President Donald Trump dispatches his first high-level delegation to Kabul, amid uncertainty about his plans for the almost 9,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Adam Stump is a Pentagon spokesman.
Pakistani villagers living near the frontier said the explosion was so loud they thought a bomb had been dropped in their village by USA warplanes targeting militants in Pakistan.
"No civilian has been hurt and only the base which Daesh used to launch attacks in other parts of the province, was destroyed", Waziri said in a statement, using an Arabic term for Islamic State, which has established a small stronghold in eastern Afghanistan and launched deadly attacks on the capital, Kabul.
In a message distributed on the instant messaging app Viber, the Taliban said the United States had "no justification" for using such a powerful bomb during combat operations, calling it a "show" by USA forces to persuade the world it is battling the Islamic State. "It was an earsplitting blast", said Shah Wali, 46, who lives in the village of Goor Gari, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border with Nangarhar.
Other residents said they saw militants climbing up and down the mountain every day, making occasional visits to the village. He said he could see smoke in the sky.
The strike came as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to dispatch his first high-level delegation to Kabul, amid uncertainty about his plans for the almost 9,000 American troops stationed in Afghanistan.
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"This was the first time that we encountered an extensive obstacle to our progress", he said of a joint Afghan-U.S. operation that has been targeting Islamic State since March. "We also ask the Kabul government to use even stronger weapons against them". The U.S. has concentrated on fighting them while also supporting Afghan forces against the Taliban.
United States officials said that the intelligence suggests that IS is based overwhelmingly in Nangarhar and neighbouring Kunar province of the country with as much as 700 fighters.
Trump called Thursday's operation a "very, very successful mission".
Hakim Khan, 50, a resident of Achin district where the attack took place, welcomed the attack on the militants, saying: "I want 100 times more bombings on this group".
Inamullah Meyakhil, spokesman for the central hospital in eastern Nangarhar province, said the facility had received no dead or wounded from the attack.
The Site Intelligence Group, which tracks extremist organizations, reported Friday on a statement from the Afghan Taliban that condemned the USA for its "terrorist" attack.
The strike was part of a joint operation between Afghan and worldwide troops, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's office said in a statement. The two militant movements are rivals. A Special Forces soldier was killed on April 8 as part of an offensive operation there. In the two years since Islamic State militants emerged in the area, tens of thousands of residents have fled to neighboring districts and other regions of Afghanistan.
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