Feared of 10 soldier Buried in Himalaya Avalanche

In the early hours of today, 10 soldiers were hit by an avalanche at the northern Siachen Glacier while on patrol,” Rescuers from the army and airforce have been deployed to search for them, he added. An estimated 8,000 troops have died on the glacier since 1984, almost all of them from avalanches, landslides, frostbite, altitude sickness or heart failure rather than combat. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, Indian troops patrol the Siachen Glacier, dubbed the world’s highest battlefield, in the Kashmir region which is disputed between India and Pakistan. which each administer part of Kashmir but claim it in full, fought over Siachen in 1987. But guns on the glacier have largely fallen silent since a peace process began in 2004. Rescuers on Wednesday began searching for 10 soldiers feared buried in an avalanche in India’s remote Himalayas near the India-Pakistan border, an army spokesman said.

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