Manila, Jan. 6 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday said its units have successfully neutralized 2,018 New People's Army (NPA) and its supporters from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2025.

In a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said of the 2,018 communist insurgents and followers neutralized, 1,798 have surrendered, 93 were arrested, and 127 killed in various military operations nationwide.

"A total of 1,134 firearms and 531 anti-personnel mines were either seized or surrendered (during this period)," she added.

Padilla also said a total of 149 NPA encampments were also captured from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 of last year.

Earlier, a ranking official of the National Task Force...