From Afghanistan to Everest: the double-amputee Gurkha veteran who made history

In this special festive edition of Battle Lines, Roland Oliphant
and Dominic Nicholls cut through the tinsel to tell a story that
actually matters.


In aid of, The Not Forgotten, a charity born out of the
carnage of the First World War, they are joined by Hari
Budha Magar, a Gurkha veteran who lost both his legs while
serving in Afghanistan. From a remote village in Nepal to the
battlefields of Afghanistan, Harry recounts the moment an IED
changed his life and how he rebuilt it again.


Join Roland, Dom and Hari for dark humour, blunt honesty and
genuine inspiration.


Read Jack Rear's profile of Hari Budha
Magar: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas-charity-appeal/2025/12/02/first-double-amputee-to-summit-everest/


The Not Forgotten is one of The Telegraph’s four Christmas
charity appeal charities, the others are Motor Neurone Disease
Association, Prostate Cancer Research and Canine Partners. You
can donate by visiting telegraph.co.uk/appeal2025 or
call 0151 317 5247.


Producer: Peter Shevlin


Executive Producer: Louisa Wells


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