THE Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday declared a nationwide war against the armed wing of the communist movement, the New People’s Army (NPA), after President Rodrigo Duterte’s issuance of an official proclamation terminating peace talks.

Maj. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., the military spokesman, said troops would begin conducting “focused military operations.”

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