Curbing terrorism in Mindanao has remained a top mission for the government even as the police forces focus their efforts on the anti-drug war. One big headache for the military right now is that which comes from the extremist Abu Sayyaf and Maute groups, which had both pledged allegiance to the Islamic State or IS.

The ASG is still very much around and apparently continues to have its pick of local and foreign civilians as hostages for ransom.

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