The AFP is not dismantling the checkpoints set up in Mindanao even after the lifting of martial law at the end of the year. | melvingasconINQ
Government forces, he said, have succeeded in “weakening terrorism and extremist rebellion” in the area.Mr. Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao after Islamic State-inspired groups, led by the Maute brothers and leaders of Abu Sayyaf, occupied Marawi City in May 2017.The AFP, which cited “an improved security climate in Mindanao” for nixing a martial law extension, said it was hopeful that lifting martial rule in the island would usher in more economic activities, Arevalo said.
He said the AFP believed terror groups in Mindanao have weakened with the “defeat” of the Daulah Islamiyah-inspired group led by the Maute brothers in Marawi. The other Daesh-inspired groups, among them the Abu Toraype group of the splinter group of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have also been put in check, Arevalo said.
The AFP spokesperson said the military had tagged eight foreign terrorists and about 60 local terror suspects, whose movements were being monitored by government forces.
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