Saturday, April 7, 2012

Report: Avalanche buries 150 Pakistani soldiers

By NBC News and news services

ISLAMABAD -- An?avalanche buried about 130 Pakistani soldiers near the Siachen glacier on the border with India, officials told NBC News on Saturday. A rescue operation was under way.

The fate of the soldiers was unclear.


Thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops are based in the area, a security official told The Associated Press. The official said?snow engulfed a battalion headquarters in Gayari district.

Siachen is on the northern tip of the divided Kashmir region claimed by both India and Pakistan.

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