CAMP GEN EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City (DWDD) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) successfully neutralized 18 members of the terrorist group New People’s Army due to focused military operations in the first three weeks of January 2018.
According to Lt. Col. Emmanuel R. Garcia, chief of the AFP’s Public Affairs Office, their success of the campaign was due to close coordination between authorities and the local communities regarding the presence of Communist Terrorists conducting extortion and other forms of atrocities.
Last week, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the AFP to neutralize the terrorist group NPA so that our countryside can achieve peace and progress.
The AFP has been gaining in its fight against the communist terrorist group since the government was forced to suspend talks National Democratic Front (NDF) last year due to continued attacks by its armed wing, where a total of 163 communist terrorists were killed in different military operations nationwide.
In the meantime, a total of 188 communist terrorist returned to the fold of the law in the first three weeks of January, where they were provided with financial assistance, livelihood, remuneration for their surrendered firearms, and livelihood training for a renewed life. AFP PAO / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2018/02/02/successful-campaign-afp-neutralized-18-communist-terrorist-in-january-alone/
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