Nigeria, April 30 -- Nigerian troops have killed at least 18 suspected terrorists and dismantled multiple enclaves during coordinated ground and air offensives in parts of Borno State, the Nigerian Army said on Tuesday.

The operations, conducted under "Operation Desert Sanity V", targeted insurgent strongholds in the Timbuktu axis and the Bulabulin forest area, involving troops of Sector 2 of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with its air component, and members of the local vigilante.

Sani Uba, the spokesperson for the joint task force, in a statement on Tuesday, said troops working alongside the Civilian Joint Task Force and Sector 2 Stabilisation Force Brigade, recorded operational success in Bulabulin Forest axis, clearing severa...