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Operation Khukri was a 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 of Indian army at Kailahun by effecting a fighting breakout and redeploying them with the main battalion at Daru.[1][5][6]
Operation KhukriPart of Sierra Leone Civil WarDate13–16 July 2000Location
Sierra Leone
Result
UN victory
Besieged UN Forces extracted.
Freetown successfully defended against RUF attack.
Belligerents
 UNAMSIL
 India
 United Kingdom
 Ghana
 Nigeria
 Revolutionary United FrontCommanders and leaders Maj. Gen. V.K. Jetley[1]
 Col. Satish Kumar (Commander 5/8 Gurkha Rifles)[2]
 Grp. Capt. Bijender Singh Siwach[1] UnknownStrength
2,000
Ground & Airborne units
223 troops
(5/8th Gorkha Rifles, besieged at Kailahun)
6 riflemen companies
(5/8th Gorkha Rifles & 14th Mechanised Infantry Battalion)
1 rapid reaction company
(mechanised infantry & paracommandos)
18th Grenadiers
QRC of mechanised infantry
1 company of engineers
2 Para (SF)[3]
several mortars
1 light gun
Aircraft
3 Mil Mi-35s
8 Mil Mi-8
2 HAL Chetaks
2 Chinooks
1 C-130 Hercules
Reserves
2 Ghanaian companies
2 Nigerian companies
5,000 (5 battalions)