KATHMANDU, Dec 30: Nepali Army Brigadier General Naina Raj Dahal has been appointed the western region force commander under the UN peace keeping mission in South Sudan.
Dahal will assume the post for a year. It is a matter of pride for Nepal and the Nepali Army that a NA official has been entrusted with just the post of a force commander in a peace keeping mission of the United Nations, the Nepal Army has said.
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