May 7, 2012 at 12:18pm 13 notes
nepal
Source: Los Angeles Times
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. Photo: Nepalese Gurkhas stand guard outside St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, England. Some in Nepal object to the troops’ two-century-old ties to Britain. Credit: Leon Neal / Pool

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.

Photo: Nepalese Gurkhas stand guard outside St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, England. Some in Nepal object to the troops’ two-century-old ties to Britain. Credit: Leon Neal / Pool

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