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Military operation against bandits

    NAIROBI

    A military operation to flush out armed bandits from the northern Malian region of Kidal should be completed by the weekend, an army information officer told IRIN on Wednesday.

    Sub-Lt Aboubakar Tapo declined to give details of the operation. However, AFP quoted a civilian from Kidal as saying he saw an unspecified number of wounded being taken to hospital.

    The army has been trying for months to dislodge the bandits from the area.

    Tapo said the majority were Tuaregs who have been raiding settlements to steal cattle and seizing cars from nongovernmental organisations.

    [See separate item titled ‘MALI-NIGER: Fighting banditry in the southern Sahara’]

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