British peacekeeping soldier Sgt. Ramkumar Rai with the Gurkha division is followed by children while on patrol in the hills above Kabul, Afghanistan in this Saturday Nov.1, 2003 file photo. The British government was expected to announce Thursday March 8, 2007 that Gurkhas serving in the British Armed Forces will receive the same pension benefits as the rest of the army, a newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)