When Combatants Lay Down Their Arms

The fate of ex-GAM combatants remains in limbo, but they are helped by the Aceh Transition Committee although this organization is setting their sights on becoming a future political party.

December 20, 2005

Nasaruddin, 41, woke up before dawn on that fateful November day, when as a member of the Neugara Aceh Army (TNA), he was to surrender his weapons to be destroyed by the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) overseeing the peace agreement in his land. In the end, he decided not to take part in the weapons decommissioning ceremony at Blang Pidie district in Southwest Aceh, close to his home at Seunelop Manggeng village. I cant stand to see my weapons des

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