ZAMBOANGA CITY: Government troops seized more than a dozen motorized boats used by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Malaysian jihadists in their terror operations in the southern province of Basilan and nearby areas including Zamboanga Peninsula, officials said on Wednesday.

Apart from the boats, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also recovered materials used in fabrication of explosives during an operation in Hadji Mohammad Ajul.

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