JAKARTA: Indonesia could help combat the threat of homegrown extremism by banning its citizens from traveling abroad to fight with organizations such as the Islamic State (IS) group, a think-tank said Monday.

The Jakarta-based Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) said new laws banning any involvement with foreign militant groups overseas were necessary to help stem the flow of fighters from Indonesia to battlegrounds in the Middle East.

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