KIMBIRILA-NORD, Ivory Coast (AP) — With its tomato patches and grazing cattle, the Ivory Coast village of Kimbirila-Nord hardly looks like a front line of the global fight against extremism.

Ivorian soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces at Camp Loumbila, Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, on Feb. 16, 2022. Ivory Coast said on Dec.