Last Letter from Aceh

War always gives rise to suffering and deep distress. Here are the stories of the families of soldiers who died in Aceh.

June 24, 2003

ACCEPTANCE. That is what Nofriani H. Ganta, 22, must now learn. She lies on her bed, face pale and washed out, her body weak. From time to time she forces herself to walk, helped by her mother and mother-in-law. In the happy days awaiting the birth of her first child, she should have been able to smile, with her beloved husband in her close embrace.

But that beautiful picture is now no more than a never-to-be-realized dream, after war broke

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