Members of the Afghan army's special-operations forces are among the many Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover. Those forces are highly trained and well regarded, and the UK is considering ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A group of Nepal’s Gurkhas serving in the British army have rushed back home to lend a hand in the recovery from the massive earthquake. The soldiers from the Queen’s Gurkha ...

POKHARA, Nepal -- Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight -- and die -- with legendary valor for another man's ...

"Afghanistan was a test for the modern Gurkha, to show our forefathers that we are still meeting the standards they set. It was our chance to show that we are continuing the tradition. So far, so good ...

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POKHARA, NEPAL — Two centuries later, young men are still being drawn from their poverty-stricken Himalayan hills by the thousands to fight — and die — with legendary valor for another man's country ...

Members of the military take part in the tri-service Gurkha Doko race, carrying a Doko, a traditional Nepalese bamboo basket, weighing 15kg over five kilometres, at the Army Training Centre in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has sent a team of its famed Nepalese Gurkha soldiers to help survivors of the earthquake in their Himalayan homeland, whose prime minister said on Tuesday that the death ...

Hong Kong’s Grenfell Tower Moment: When Grief Became Sedition Nepali Gurkha military veterans in Britain have ended their 13-day hunger strike outside No. 10 Downing Street after the British ...