MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said it is confident to end threat groups in the country before President Rodrigo Duterte leaves his post in 2022.
In its yearender report, AFP said 134 members of local terrorist groups were killed (LTGs), 39 LTG members were captured, and 349 LTGs surrendered during military operations.
“The armed capabilities of these threat groups have really gone down and we have significantly degraded them and in no time we’ll be able to permanently put closure. Put an end in this. And yes we are doing our best to comply with the President’s directive to end of all these before his term ends by 2022 and based on these in…
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