KABUL: (Middle East Press) Over 500 Boko Haram militants have been killed by Nigerian forces since February 2015.
Niger’s police spokesman Captain Adili Toro said on Wednesday that some 513 terrorists were killed since February 8, adding this number does not take into account those killed in land and air operations launched on Sunday jointly by the armies of Niger and Chad against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria.
24 Nigerian soldiers have lost their lives during the clashes that have also killed at least one civilian and wounded 38 soldiers, Toro added.
Nigerien and Chadian military forces had launched a joint operation against the Takfiri terrorist group in northeastern Nigeria On March 8.
The military operation took place following the African Union’s final decision to establish a regional force of up to 10,000 men to battle the terrorist group, which has pledged allegiance to ISIL Takfiris.
Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is forbidden,” controls parts of northeastern Nigeria and says its goal is to defeat the Nigerian government.
