although tensions between the government and tamil militant groups had been brewing since the 1970s , full-scale war did not break out Process_start until an attack Attack by the ltte on a sri lanka army patrol in jaffna , in the north of the country , on july 23 , 1983 , which killed Killing 13 soldiers .

sri lankan troops then withdraw Removing from the north of the country and handed over Giving control Control over the entire area to indian peacekeeping troops named Name_conferral the indian peace keeping force Military_operation .

india , pakistan and sri lanka competed Competition in the tournament ; bangladesh could not compete Competition because the icc had not granted Giving them test status .

pakistan beat Competition sri lanka by an innings and 175 in the final to become Becoming the first asian test Testing champions and received Receiving us $ 250,000 in prize money .

bangladesh , pakistan and sri lanka competed Competition in the second asian test championship Competition between august 2001 and march 2002 .

sri lanka beat Competition pakistan by 8 wickets to win Getting the second asian test championship .

thamilchelvan , in a statement Statement to associated Collaboration press Sending on july 12 , 2007 at unk in northern sri lanka .

this was used Using to take down two sri lankan air force avro aircraft flying Motion over the jaffna peninsula .

the ltte then declared Expressing_publicly they would `` resume their freedom struggle Hostile_encounter to achieve Achieve statehood '' . < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > in 2007 , the government shifted Change its offensive to the north of the country , and formally announced Expressing_publicly its withdrawal Removing from the ceasefire agreement on 2 january 2008 , alleging Statement that the ltte violated the agreement over 10,000 unk < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > since then , aided Assistance by the destruction of a number of large arms smuggling vessels that belonged to the ltte , < ref unk '' unk '' > < unk > and an international crackdown on the funding for the tamil tigers , the government took Creating control Control of the entire area previously controlled Control by the tamil tigers , including their de facto capital kilinochchi , main military base mullaitivu and the entire a9 highway , < ref unk '' unk '' > sri lankan forces capture Conquering last major rebel base in northeast , `` bloomberg '' . < unk > leading the ltte to finally admit defeat on 17 may 2009 .

in may 2010 , mahinda rajapaksa , the then president of sri lanka , appointed Request the lessons learnt Education_teaching and reconciliation commission ( llrc ) to assess Scrutiny the conflict between the time of the ceasefire agreement in 2002 and the defeat of the ltte in 2009 .

sixty-four sri lankan tamil civilians were killed Killing by soldiers of the indian peace keeping force Causation .

at the conclusion of the round robin games , the highest ranked side ( in this case , australia ) progressed Cause_to_make_progress through to the final leaving Causation 2nd and 3rd place ( new zealand and sri lanka ) to contest Competition the semi final .

the raid on anuradhapura air force base , code-named operation unk , was a successful commando raid Attack conducted Action on slaf anuradhapura an air force base in anuradhapura , sri lanka by the liberation tigers of tamil eelam .