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Gurkhas

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Gurkhas
Nepalese mercenaries, renowned for valor. [Nepalese Hist.: NCE, 1165]


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A few months later, an official acting as the airport's director emailed officials at the MOT complaining that Custer Battles was taking over big chunks of the airport for Filipino workers, Gurkhas, dogs, and more.
Fighting alongside French, Belgian, and English troops were Hindus and Sikhs from India, as well as Gurkhas from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.
He expressed some trepidation when the Gurkhas handed over the training completely to the Afghans in April but remained broadly positive about it.
 
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