SAF keeps battalion in Maguindanao Sur to fight extremists

COTABATO CITY – The elite Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has retained a battalion, composed of 500 troops, in Maguindanao del Sur to help in the government’s drive to disband Islamic State-aligned groups sowing terror in the province. Col. John Michael Mangahis, Maguindanao del Sur police provincial director, said Monday