Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a military operation against Boko Haram militants, CNN reports.
The offensive took place in the Sambisa Forest, in the northeast of Nigeria, and destroyed three militant camps there, the army said on its Twitter account.
“We cannot confirm if the Chibok girls are in this group,” it said.
Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls near the northern village of Chibok in April 2014, sparking an international outcry.
It is thought the Islamist extremists took the youngsters into the heavily-mined Sambisa Forest.
Earlier, Nigeria’s military spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade said Boko Haram fighters have been pushed out of all areas of northeast Nigeria, except for Sambisa.
The forest, which is about 60 miles from Chibok, has been pounded by air raids for weeks and ground troops reportedly entered it last week.
