One day after an airstrike was carried out on a gathering of bandit militias, killing around 100 gunmen, in the country's Northwest, Nigerian soldiers have moved into the area. In the aftermath, homes stand abandoned and cattle lie dead in the fields. The gangs being targeted are notorious for mass kidnappings from schools and colleges in recent years, maintain camps hidden in a vast forest straddling Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states. In the aftermath IMAGES