Dipprasad Pun: The Lone Gurkha Who Fought Off 30 Taliban
The Royal Gurkha Rifles soldier defended a Helmand checkpoint alone. By dawn the attackers were gone, and the sentry who held the line was standing at his post. by Jose Campos At first light outside the British patrol base near Babaji, the ground told the story of the night before. Spent brass littered the checkpoint …