MORE troops will be deployed in Mindanao to augment military and police forces in an intensified operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other terror threat elements, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin revealed on Thursday.

“Ang ating laban sa Abu Sayyaf ay pinagpapatuloy natin ang operation at magdadagdag pa tayo ng mga pwersa upang sa ganun ay mapatahimik natin ang mga kanilang ginagawang kalokohan (Our fight against the Abu Sayyaf is a continuing operation and we will be adding more troops so that we can neutralize their atrocities),” Gazmin said in a radio interview.

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