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Operation Khukri was a unique multinational operation launched in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), involving India, Ghana, Britain and Nigeria. The aim of the operation was to break the two-month-long siege laid by armed cadres of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) around two companies of 5/8th Gorkha Rifles Infantry Battalion Group at Kailahun by effecting a fighting break out and redeploying them with the main battalion at Daru.

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  • Operation Khukri was a unique multinational operation launched in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), involving India, Ghana, Britain and Nigeria. The aim of the operation was to break the two-month-long siege laid by armed cadres of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) around two companies of 5/8th Gorkha Rifles Infantry Battalion Group at Kailahun by effecting a fighting break out and redeploying them with the main battalion at Daru.
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  • Operation Khukri
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  • *Several injuries due to shrapnel wounds, 33 men suffering from illness due to siege
  • *One vehicle destroyed
  • No deaths, several injuries:
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  • *United Kingdom
  • *India
  • *Nigeria
  • UNAMSIL
  • *Ghana
  • 20pxRevolutionary United Front
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  • *Besieged UN Forces extracted
  • *Freetown successfully defended against RUF attack
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  • **18th Grenadiers
  • **1C-130 Hercules
  • **2 Companies of the Ghana Army
  • **2 Para (SF)
  • **2Chinooks
  • **2HAL Chetaks
  • **3Mil Mi-35s
  • **8Mil Mi-8s
  • **One Company of engineers
  • **QRC of Mechanised Infantry
  • **Several Mortars and one Light Field Gun
  • **Two Companies of the Nigerian Army
  • *Aircraft
  • *Ground units and Airborne units
  • *Reserves
  • Approximately 2000-2500 troops
  • **223 troops of 5/8th Gorkha Rifles besieged at Kailahun
  • Approximately 2000-5000 troops divided into 5 battalions
  • **Approximately six companies of riflemen of the 5/8th Gorkha Rifles at Daru, elements of 14th Mechanised Infantry Battalion
  • **One Quick Reaction Company of Mechanised Infantry and Paracommandos
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