AFP failure to deny rebels supplies comes under fire

A lawmaker has questioned failure of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to cut supply lines of armed groups in Mindanao in southern Philippines despite the military knowing about existing enemy camps and their locations.

Sen. Francis Escudero on Friday noted that even before the government started peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the AFP had pinpointed not only the locations of the camps but also the routes used by the rebels to move supplies.