Kenyan troops and pro-Somali government forces say they have captured a key base belonging to al-Shabab, the rebel Somalian Islamist group, and killed 75 of its fighters.
The offensive, which began on Sunday, is in retaliation to a spate of kidnappings of Westerners from Kenyan territory in the last couple of weeks, the recent being the abduction of two Spanish aid workers from Dadaab refugee camp.
"Our forces will be concentrating on operations in Afmadow region today," Major Emmanuel Chirchir, Kenyan army spokesman, said on Tuesday.
"We will not give up at all, we will not be cowed or intimidated by the Shabab."
The joint forces are slowly moving towards Afmadow, just north of Kismayo, a port city where several foreigners who were kidnapped in Kenya are believed to be held.
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