Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 9) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines believes the national government will achieve “total victory against the communist terrorist group and local terrorist groups” by the end of this year, its chief Romeo Brawner Jr. said.
Of course, we will not be able to achieve zero or total annihilation, but at least they will not be able to launch attacks anymore, get taxation from people, and so on,” Brawner told CNN Philippines’ Politics As Usual on Wednesday.The AFP Chief of Staff said the estimate is based on current records.From a high of 25,000 fighters in the late ’80s, now they’re down to less than 2,000 fighters,” he said.
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