As of 2005, Aceh had been in a state of civil war for 29 years. Armed conflict between the government's troops and the Free Aceh Movement's guerillas killed more than 15,000 civilians during this period.
亞齊自 1970 年代至 2005 年，經歷 29 年內戰，在政府軍與「自由亞齊運動」游擊隊長期武裝衝突中，無辜死傷的百姓達一萬五千多人。