At this very moment, Gurkhas are involved in combat, or near-combat operations in two different parts of the world:
Kosovo:
Just learnt from BBC that two British Gurkhas were killed in a mine explosion in Kosovo. Both of them are listed as being from the 36th Gurkha Engineers. I think these are the first British casualties in Kosovo so far.
Kashmir:
On the other side of the world, the fighting in Kashmir is raging on furiously, with a lot of the fighting being reported as hand-to-hand. Some of this is taking place at heights of 18,000 ft or more. The casualty list is running into the hundreds, and I saw several KIAs from the Indian Gorkha units, specifically the 1st Battalion 11th Gorkha Rifles (1/11 GR) and 6th Battalion 11th Gorkha Rifles (6/11 GR). They were listed as hailing from my dad's hometown of Darjeeling, right across the Nepalese border in the Indian Himalayas.
- Sonam
Kosovo:
Just learnt from BBC that two British Gurkhas were killed in a mine explosion in Kosovo. Both of them are listed as being from the 36th Gurkha Engineers. I think these are the first British casualties in Kosovo so far.
Kashmir:
On the other side of the world, the fighting in Kashmir is raging on furiously, with a lot of the fighting being reported as hand-to-hand. Some of this is taking place at heights of 18,000 ft or more. The casualty list is running into the hundreds, and I saw several KIAs from the Indian Gorkha units, specifically the 1st Battalion 11th Gorkha Rifles (1/11 GR) and 6th Battalion 11th Gorkha Rifles (6/11 GR). They were listed as hailing from my dad's hometown of Darjeeling, right across the Nepalese border in the Indian Himalayas.
- Sonam
