THE possibility that Southeast Asia will be next Islamic State is a challenge for the military to raise the ante against terrorists, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Saturday.

Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., AFP spokesman, was reacting to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano who warned that the region was a likely target as the terrorist group was losing ground in Iraq and Syria and was looking for land bases outside of the two countries.

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