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Mahaday district commissioner Ahmed Hussein Afrah, told Radio Shabelle that SNA and AMISOM forces captured El-baraf and Adaley after Al shabaab fighters abandoned the areas before the allied troops moved in on Wednesday. Afrah said the forces have faced “No resistance” from the fighters who fled the villages as the advancing forces approached the towns and villages under the militants’ control for seven years.
“SNA and AMISOM have entered the El-baraf and Adaley near Mahaday peacefully. The local residents remained indoors. No displacement,” said Mahada district administrator.
Officials say Operation was aimed at “liberating more areas” to help the Somali federal government expand its control and help ease humanitarian suffering of the population.