Soldiers from Chad killed 207
Boko Haram militants in fighting on Tuesday near a Nigerian town close to the
border with Cameroon, Chad's army announced in a statement.
One Chadian soldier was killed
and another nine were wounded in the clashes near Garambu, the scene of regular
attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group in recent months. There was no immediate
independent verification of the Chadian army's announcement.
Chad's military also claimed to
have seized large quantities of small arms and ammunition and two pick-up
trucks.
Niger, Cameroon and Chad have
launched a regional military campaign to help Nigeria defeat the Boko Haram
insurgency, which aims to carve an Islamic emirate out of northeastern Nigeria.
Chad deployed troops last month
in support of Cameroonian efforts to stop repeated cross-border raids by the
Islamists, whose operations increasingly threaten Nigeria's neighbours.
The African Union last month
authorised the creation of the regional force, which will also include Benin,
and is pushing for a U.N. Security Council mandate for the operation.
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