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While the armed conflicts in the recent years have become bloodier in South Asia, the peace processes could not be sustained for various factors. Initiating a peace process is easier than to sustain it. In the last few years, a series of peace processes have been initiated in South Asia in Pakistan, Kashmir, Nepal, India's Northeast and Sri Lanka. The presence of numerous actors, role of civil society, space and rules of bragaining, lack of bargining tools, independent inputs or the lack of it, level of external support all these factors play in important role in sustaining the peace processes. About the Author D. Suba Chandran is Assistant Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi. Table of Contents Acknowledgement Preface Introduction Armed Conflict in South Asia: An Overview Bangladesh: A Slow Beginning? J&K: Infiltration Declines, Violence Persists Left Extremism in India: From Red Corridor to Red Land Nepal: Continuing Violence North-East: Failure of Peace Processes Pakistan: Tribal Troubles in Balochistan and Waziristan Sri Lanka: Negative Peace, Positive Violence Promoting Peace in South Asia Chronology of Events in 2005 Index