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KDF prepares for another major offensive in Somalia

KDF soldiers attack a suspected Al Shabaab hideout in Fafadun Township, Somalia. [PHOTO: FILE]

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) is preparing for a major assault since the heroic capture of Somalia’s port city of Kismayu as they go for Jilip, another al-Shabaab stronghold.

In newly-changed operational sectors that The Standard on Sunday can reveal today, KDF has been tasked with one of the toughest regions, still a bedrock of the militants.

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