Gallery: Sri Lanka: srilanka10

In a war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government -- the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government—Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force (STF) soldiers patrol. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and a large number of people have been escaping as refugees due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.

In a war-torn town of Jaffna, one of the most critical places for LTTE and the Sri Lankan government -- the absolute majority of the town is Tamil but controlled by the government—Sri Lanka’s Special Task Force (STF) soldiers patrol. In Jaffna, unemployment prevails and a large number of people have been escaping as refugees due to the long civil war and the current fresh fighting, as well as Tsunami. Jaffna, Sri Lanka, June 23, 2006.