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Importantly however, the Tamil groups, notably the LTTE ( which at the time was one of the strongest Tamil forces ) had not been made party to the talks and initially agreed to surrender their arms to the IPKF only reluctantly.

Within a few months however, this flared into an active confrontation.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) declared their intent to continue the armed struggle for an independent Tamil Eelam and refused to disarm.

The Indian Peace-Keeping Force found itself engaged in a bloody police action against the LTTE.

Further complicating the return to peace was a burgeoning Sinhalese insurgency in the south.