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UPDATED 11/8/03
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wars and armed conflicts since 1945 - ASIA
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SOUTH ASIA |
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AFGHANISTAN |
1978- |
civil war; recurrent international involvement |
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BANGLADESH |
1971 |
political war |
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INDIA |
1946-1948 |
civil/sectarian/political war |
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1947- |
recurrent territorial dispute in Kashmir |
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1962 |
border war (China) |
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1971 |
border war (Pakistan) |
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1983- |
ethnic/sectarian/political violence |
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KASHMIR |
1947- |
recurrent territorial dispute |
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PAKISTAN |
1947- |
recurrent territorial dispute in Kashmir |
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1990s |
ethnic/sectarian/political violence |
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SRI LANKA |
1984- |
civil war |
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CENTRAL ASIA |
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ARMENIA |
1988-1994 |
separatist/interstate war (ceasefire only) |
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AZERBAIJAN |
1988-1994 |
separatist/interstate war (ceasefire only) |
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GEORGIA |
1992-1994 |
separatist wars (ceasefire only) |
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1994-2001 |
continuing conflict |
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TAJIKISTAN |
1992-1997 |
ethnic/political civil war and aftermath |
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA |
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BURMA |
1948- |
political and ethnic struggle |
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CAMBODIA |
1970 -1979 |
civil and interstate wars |
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CHINA |
1946 - 1989 |
political and interstate wars |
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INDONESIA |
1945 - 1949 |
war of independence |
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1965-1966 |
suppression of coup |
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INDONESIA : ACEH |
1980s |
independence struggle |
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NDONESIA: EAST TIMOR |
1975 - 1999 |
independence struggle |
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INDONESIA: IRIAN JAYA (WEST PAPUA) |
1969 - |
independence struggle |
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INDONESIA: MOLUCCAS (MALUKU) |
1999 - 2002 |
sectarian violence |
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KOREA |
1950 - 1953 |
civil/political war |
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LAOS |
1960 - 1973 |
civil/political war |
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MALAYSIA |
1948 - 1957 |
civil/ethnic war |
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
1988 - 1997 |
secessionist war |
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PHILIPPINES |
1971- |
civil/sectarian war |
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TAIWAN |
1947 - 1949 |
civil/political war |
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TIBET |
1950 - 1951, 1956 - 1959 |
political war |
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VIETNAM |
1946 - 1954 |
independence war |
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1954 - 1975 |
civil/political war |
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1978 - 1979 |
interstate war |
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1987 |
interstate border war |
