Saturday, 7 April 2012

Avalanche buries 124 Pakistani soldiers snow in Siachen Glacier Tragedy hits world’s highest battlefield

SKARDU: Up to 135 people, mostly soldiers, were feared dead Sunday after an avalanche buried a Pakistan army camp near Siachin glacier in mountainous Kashmir, an area known as the world's highest battlefront.



The avalanche early Saturday engulfed the camp near the Siachen glacier, an inhospitable area that nevertheless became the site of fierce fighting between nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India.

 

No survivors had been found after a huge all-day search involving more

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