Philippines Communist Rebels

In this handout photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office, bags from suspected communist rebels are placed together after an encounter with Philippine troops near a village in Pantabangan town in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines Wednesday June 26, 2024. Philippine troops killed several suspected communist guerrillas in a clash in a remote northern area in the latest blow to a decades-old insurgency that has weakened considerably, with only about a thousand guerrillas remaining, military and security officials said Friday, June 28.