US anti-terror team in the Philippines to be dissolved

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The United States it will disband its anti-terror task force in the Philippines’ conflict-torn Mindanao island after 12 years of operation. The US government says since the task force was formed in 2002, it has helped Filipino troops in drastically reducing extremist threats, especially those coming from the Filipino Muslim group Abu Sayyaf that were linked to the worst terror attacks in the country’s history. Only 200 American servicemen are left of the 600 who used to rotate in the south. After a transition period, many of the functions of the task force will be placed under a special team called the Pacific Command Augmentation Team.

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