Nigeria army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women that were kidnapped by Boko Haram

A group of Nigerian girls who were captured by Boko Haram from the village of Chibok in 2014. It has not been confirmed if those rescued today were the girls from Chibok 

After being kidnapped by Boko Haram, some of the girls were paraded on camera by the group wearing the full length hijab

The Nigerian army tweeted that they had rescued 200 girls and 93 women from the Sambisa Forest this afternoon

The army posted on their Twitter feed: 'Troops this afternoon rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Sambisa Forest. 

'We cannot confirm if the Chibok girls are in this group,' it said, adding that Nigerian troops had also destroyed three camps run by the militants.

Diplomats and intelligence officials say they believed at least some of the girls were being held in the forest about 60 miles from Chibok, although U.S. reconnaissance drones failed to find them.