Jaffna, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s newly renamed “Highway for Peace and Unity” is a cratered strip of asphalt that runs 100 miles due north to Jaffna, straight through the heart of Tamil Tiger country. The road is lined with thousands of unexploded landmines and the charred stumps of palmyra trees. Just off the highway, behind a fence of twisted barbed wire,… return to article
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