KATMANDU, Nepal — More than 1,500 Nepalese women have signed up with private firms to train for a possible career with the British army after it allowed them to join the Brigade of Gurkhas for the ...

June 22, 2007: Britain will, for the first time, recruit female Gurkhas into their armed forces. Male Gurkhas have been recruited for over two centuries from Nepal, where the Gurkha tribes live.

History is not always fair to the protagonists who find themselves caught up in it. The history of Gurkha soldiers is no exception. Brave khukuri-swinging soldiers in combat khakis and hats marching ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal wants to review a military deal allowing its citizens to be enlisted in the British army, before a planned recruitment of Nepali women in the Brigade of Gurkhas for the ...

This article by Pinki Sris Rana was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Brave khukuri-swinging ...

Nepali Gurkha military veterans in Britain have ended their 13-day hunger strike outside No. 10 Downing Street after the British government agreed to hold talks with them over their their ...