Airstrikes neutralise 15 ISWAP fighters in Borno, disrupt insurgent stronghold

The Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai has recorded a large operational occurrence pursuing a bid of precision aerial strikes connected violent enclaves successful Kangarwa, Borno State, with nary less than 15 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, reportedly neutralised.

The improvement was disclosed successful a station shared connected Friday by information expert and counter-insurgency adept Zagazola Makama via his X handle.

According to sources, the strikes, conducted connected the ground of credible intelligence, targeted cardinal insurgent infrastructure and gathering points wrong the Kangarwa axis, a known stronghold of the ISWAP group.

Battle harm assessment, BDA, from highly reliable sources confirmed that the strikes inflicted important casualties connected the terrorists’ ranks, portion respective others sustained terrible injuries.

“The cognition achieved a precocious grade of precision. Intelligence indicates that astatine slightest 15 ISWAP fighters were neutralised, with aggregate others wounded.

The onslaught besides impacted a operation linked to a elder violent commandant successful the area,” the sources said.

Makama noted that the residence of a apical ISWAP figure, identified arsenic Malam N...