JNIM Strikes Kati Military Garrison 15 km from Bamako — First Attack Near Capital

JNIM attacks Mali's largest military garrison at Kati using a vehicle-borne IED and small-arms assault — the first direct attack on the greater Bamako area in the conflict's history. Wagner/Africa Corps vehicles are among those destroyed. The attack demonstrates JNIM's expanding operational reach and forces the Goïta junta to acknowledge the capital's security perimeter is now vulnerable.