Thailand’s Islamist War Could Become Yemen or Afghanistan

BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand’s war against minority Islamist guerrillas in the south, which killed more than 5,000 people during the past eight years, could escalate into an international security crisis similar to Yemen or Afghanistan, Britain’s ambassador said.

“We know from other conflicts that these conflicts cannot always be contained,” the British Ambassador to Thailand, Asif Ahmad, said.

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