GOVERNMENT forces hunting down members of the notorious kidnap-for-ransom Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) returned empty-handed after four days of relentless scouring of the hinterlands of Sulu province in search of the bandits.

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesman Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc on Tuesday said the bigger challenge for some 3,000 government troops is how to differentiate the bandits from innocent civilians.

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