The Prince of Wales visits the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles on Salisbury Plain

The Prince of Wales visits the 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles on Salisbury Plain

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The Prince of Wales today thanked Gurkha soldiers for taking care of Prince Harry during his time in Afghanistan. His Royal Highness met about 200 soldiers, their wives and children from 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles as they trained on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire ahead of deploying to Afghanistan from next month. As Colonel-in-Chief, The Prince spoke to several soldiers who worked alongside Prince Harry when he was in Helmand in early 2008. The Prince was presented with a garland…

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Gurkhas Help Destroy Massive Explosives Haul in Afghanistan

Gurkhas Help Destroy Massive Explosives Haul in Afghanistan

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Gurkhas took part in a mission to destroy a Taliban haul of explosives, they blew up enough homemade explosives to kill a hundred British soldiers. A controlled blast in the Afghan desert destroyed more than 800kg of explosives in an operation which involved the 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, the Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP), and British troops from the specialist Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Taskforce. The bombs were destroyed alongside 60 detonators, anti-personnel mines, and other explosives-related material which had been…

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