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Article: Veteran Nepali soldiers allege discrimination by India

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February 13, 2008
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Kathmandu, Feb. 13 -- Hundreds of veteran Nepali soldiers, who risked their lives taking part in covert operations in hot spots on behalf of the Indian government, are now waging another grim battle, this time against New Delhi, saying they were badly exploited and left in the lurch.

Retired personnel from the Special Frontier Force, who took part in dangerous operations like the Bangladesh freedom war and the anti-terrorist Operation Blue Star in Punjab in the 1980s, have now begun a sit-in and an indefinite hunger strike before the Indian Embassy here, demanding equal treatment with the Nepali Gorkhas serving in India's ...

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