Nepali women aspire—and train—to join British Army. Kathmandu still says no

Without Nepal’s decision, the British can’t take in female Gurkhas to serve them. Many doubt family’s permission for these young women to serve in a foreign army will come easy either.

Last year, the Salute Gorkha Training Center sent five young men in training to join the British Army. Seventeen-year-old Kanchan Thapa Magar recently also joined the Centre as the only girl out of 70 students. But unlike her male peers, she doesn’t have the option of training to join the British Army.