Nepal's fierce Gurkha soldiers find themselves under siege

Some in Nepal's communist-led government object to the fighters' connection to the British military and want to cut ties. The relationship dates to 1815.

Deo Man Limbu sat in a veterans hall lined with pictures of old soldiers and reflected on his years of service, his battles and his dreams. The retired major with Britain's legendary Gurkhas faced the Argentines in the 1982 Falklands War, when being a member of one of the world's most feared fighting forces had its advantages.

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