Operation Khukri Audiobook Libro.fm

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Did you know that 233 soldiers of the Indian Army were cordoned off for almost three months without food in the jungles of AfricaHow did a UN peacekeeping mission turn into a war for dignity a war for the Indian tricolourThe year was 2000 Sierra Leone in West Africa had been ravaged by years of civil strife With the intervention of the United Nations two companies of the Indian Army were deployed in Kailahun as part of a United Nations peacekeeping missionSoon the peaceful mission turned into a warlike standoff between Major Punias company and the Revolutionary United Front RUF rebels in Kailahun with the Indian peacekeepers cordoned off for seventyfive days without supplies The only way home was by laying down their weaponsOperation Khukri was one of Indian Armys most successful international missions and this book is a firsthand account by Major Rajpal Punia who after three months of impasse and failed diplomacy orchestrated the operation surviving the ambush of the RUF in a prolonged jungle warfare twice and returning with all 233 soldiers standing tall