Queen decorates Nepali for Afghanistan heroics     Email Print AP – Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, proudly holds his Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, after … Play Video Afghanistan Video:Davis-Monthan to unveil memorial wall FOX 11 Tuscon Play Video Afghanistan Video:New Jersey Native Killed In Combat In Afghanistan CBS 3 Philadelphia Afghanistan Video:Tribute to murdered soldier Australia 7 News – Thu Jun 2, 3:20 am ET LONDON (AFP) – A Nepalese soldier in the British army has been given a top bravery award by Queen Elizabeth II for his heroics in Afghanistan, where he single-handedly saw off more than 30 Taliban fighters. Corporal Dipprasad Pun, 31, said he thought he was going to die and so had nothing to lose in taking on the attackers who overran his checkpoint. He was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC), which is given in recognition of acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy. Pun fired more than 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine to repel the Taliban assault on his checkpoint near Babaji in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, last September. Surrounded, the enemy opened fired from all sides and for 15 minutes Pun remained under continuous attack, including from rocket-propelled More ..