Armed Forces chief sets December deadline against Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, says task force commander

By The Manila Times

May 17, 2018 3:01 pm

ARMED Forces Chief Carlito Galvez Jr. wants the problem with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) resolved in Sulu by the end of 2018, a joint task force said on Thursday.

Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) Sulu, said this was Galvez’s marching orders, adding that an additional battalion of the Philippine Army’s Scout Rangers from Marawi City arrived in the province on Thursday.

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