A fierce fighting between Somali troops backed by the allied Kenyan forces and Al-Shabaab militant group on Thursday erupted on the outskirt of south-west Somali town of Bardera, .district Gedo region in jubbaland state of somalia The fighting at Jungal settlement, few kilometres from the rebel held Bardera town occurred when the allied troops launched attacks on the settlement, according to a Somali politician accompanying the allied forces.Mohamed Sayyid Aden, a member of the Somali parliament who is leading government’s push against Al-Shabaab in the region told Terror free somalia that they inflicted heavy casualties on the militant fighters.He said the allied forces are now advancing towards the Al-Shabaab held town in order to oust the three year old rebel rule in the area. Al-Shabaab has not yet released any comment regarding the fight
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