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10m ago 03.44 EST Nepal has asked Moscow not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army and immediately send back any Nepali soldiers back to the Himalayan nation, after revealing six soldiers serving Russia’s military had been killed, Reuters reports. Nepali soldiers, called Gurkhas, are known for their bravery and fighting skills, and have been serving the British and Indian armies following the independence of India in 1947 under an agreement between the three countries. The small Himalayan nation, wedged between China and India, has no such agreement with Russia. The Nepal government said in a statement that six...