Nepalese Gurkha says reconstruction to take at least 'two years' Published May 01, 2015 at 1:39 PM EDT Updated May 21, 2017 at 11:16 PM EDT. By Team . Share. Copy Link ...

Hype aside, Gurkha fighting prowess is exceptional, said Rick Bevin, who headed Gurkha recruitment in Nepal until recently. “When I was in Brunei, they ran rings around our special forces,” he ...

Earlier this week, lawmakers voted to overturn new rules that restrict the number of former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who may settle in Britain. World. UK's Brown Defeated Over Nepalese Soldiers.

LONDON — Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who have been fighting for Britain but receiving unequal retirement benefits since the days of the British Empire will finally receive the same pensions as the ...

Retired Gurkha soldier Ek Bahadur Rana lives in a squatter settlement on the banks of a heavily polluted river in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital. The o ...

During World War II, 27-year-old Nepalese-British Gurkha soldier Lachhiman Gurung single-handedly withstood a Japanese force ...

LONDON — A 13-day hunger strike by former Nepalese Gurkha soldiers came to an end Thursday after the British government agreed to enter talks with the Nepalese Embassy over equal pensions for ...

Nepal’s best and brightest have been recruited while young to fight for Britain for over 200 years, with their pay and pensions a fraction of their fellow British soldiers’ for much of that time.

Nepal’s April 25 earthquake ravaged the homes of the country’s storied fighters, known as Gurkhas, ... Nepal’s Elite Gurkha Fighters Struggle to Save Homeland. Share. Resize.

LONDON - Nepalese Gurkha soldiers who have been fighting for Britain but receiving unequal retirement benefits since the days of the British Empire will finally receive the same pensions as the ...

Fines levied on banks for rigging Libor interest rates are helping to build affordable homes in the U.K. for Nepalese Gurkha veterans. A total of 960,000 pounds ($1.5 million) will be given to ...