(Sh. M. Network)- Somali and AMISOM troops have today secured a road leading to Balad town in middle Shabelle region, a road that strategically located 30km from the capital, Mogadishu, and governing routes to the picturesque provincial capital of Al shabab controlled Jowhar, reports said on sunday.According to TFG officials who spoke with Shabelle Media by phone,In an advance early on Sunday hours, both allied Somali and AU troops backed by tanks took over the full control of Basra street, a main route that the Death Eaters have been using as military camps and control centre for Lower and Midlle Shabelle region of southern Somalia.
On Saturday, Somali national army and AMISOM launched a joint military operation code-named 'Operation Free Shabelle'with the objective of securing the Afgoye corridor, home to the world's largest concentration of internally displaced people (IDPs), securing Elasha Biyaha. Arabisca, a trading centre located 26km from Mogadishu, former Al shabab strongholds.