Inside jihadi 'bandit country' with UK troops on biggest operation since Afghanistan
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mirror.co.ukPlaying a key part in the world’s most dangerous peace-keeping mission, UK troops are deep inside jihadi bandit country in west Africa.
They are launching the longest desert reconnaissance patrols since the Second World War, hundreds of miles into Mali, in the southern Sahara, to help tackle terrorism across the region.
Almost 250 UN peace-keeping troops have been killed here since 2013, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and the al-Qaeda and Islamic State threat is worsening.
This is the UK’s largest operation since Afghanistan. The missions, which have sent IS and al-Qaeda fleeing into the desert, involve over 200 British soldiers in scores of fighting vehicles.
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