SULTAN KUDARAT: Hundreds of Muslim rebels began handing over their guns to foreign monitors on Saturday as part of a peace treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that has left about 150,000 people dead.

BIG DAY Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels stand guard at the entry of Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat ahead of a weapons decommissioning ceremony that was attended by
President Rodrigo Duterte. AFP PHOTO

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