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Story summary
- Nigerian forces launched air and ground assaults on insurgent enclaves in Borno state, killing at least 18 militants.
- The attacks killed eleven militants in the Bulabulin forest and seven in the Timbuktu axis.
- Air force units provided surveillance and precision strikes while follow-up operations track escaping fighters.
- The insurgency led by Boko Haram and its ISWAP splinter has lasted 17 years, killed thousands and displaced two million people.
