...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
administration have carried out an operation in the port city of Bosaso on Saturday, seizing explosives and suspected Al-Shabaab
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the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...myrmidons.
Puntland security officials in Bosaso displayed quantities of mortar shells captured in raids took place in the port town over the past few weeks.
The officials declined to comment more specific details on the weapon, they claimed the investigation is still underway.
Several attacks occurred in Bosaso in the past years, claimed by al-Shabaab and ISIS.