Nepal, May 12 -- Portraits of 11 Gurkha soldiers who died in the Afghanistan conflict were officially handed over to their families at a solemn ceremony held at the Gurkha Memorial Museum in Pokhara on Saturday. The portraits, previously displayed at the Gurkha Museum in Winchester, UK, were transported to Nepal by a team from the UK-based veteran support group Veterans Can...

Painted by British Army veteran and artist Kevin Wills, the portraits are part of a larger series honoring the 457 British personnel who lost their lives during the Afghanistan war. The Brigade of Gurkhas, part of the British Army, lost 15 members in the conflict. Portraits of the four British officers among the 15 have already been presented to their families in t...