PAGADIAN CITY: Two government soldiers were wounded in a clash with Muslim rebels opposed to peace talks with the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front in southern Philippines, the military said on Friday.

It said a series of fighting in North Cotabato’s Pikit town erupted after a band of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters attacked security forces guarding government projects there.

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