The Economist (US), November 14th, 1992
Separatist guerrillas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh have agreed to talk with government negotiators. These talks may end 19 years of warfare between the area's tribesmen, who are Hindu, Muslim and Christian and the Islamic government.
AFTER 19 years of guerrilla violence, is peace breaking out in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, home for 12 tribes in the south-eastern corner of Bangladesh? On November 5th the leader of the outlawed Shanti Bahini separatists met a government minister for six hours, at the end of which both sides formally agreed to seek a political, rather...
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