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Some images of the avalanche in the area...
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Avalanche traps about 150 Pakistani soldiers
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إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ
What a bad day!!!!
What a bad day!!!!
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Worthless dispute ,engulfed precious lives.My condolence to families of the brave soldiers.One has to accept the will of God.
My prayers are with ones who are still trapped.May they get out of this peril unharmed.
My prayers are with ones who are still trapped.May they get out of this peril unharmed.
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guys plese stop harrypotter bashing.....
any ideas how the rescue operation should continue?
apperantly to this date there has been no significant inventions aimed specifically for this sort of rescue...and still sniffer digs are the best aid samexas 20,000 years ago...which is a shame
any ideas how the rescue operation should continue?
apperantly to this date there has been no significant inventions aimed specifically for this sort of rescue...and still sniffer digs are the best aid samexas 20,000 years ago...which is a shame
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Most probably none by any media, unless it is posted by ISPR, because nobody irrelevant goes to Siachen and a casualty zone like this.
Dude, dogs were not domesticated that long ago.
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Bodies Found After Avalanche Buries Army Camp
The first bodies have been recovered after a devastating avalanche engulfed a Pakistan army base in the Himalayas, Sky sources say.
A security official said more than 12 bodies have been recovered from the Gayari sector of Siachen in the country's north.
The avalanche buried more than 100 soldiers at the base early this morning.
Troops with sniffer dogs, aided by helicopters, have been trying to find signs of survivors in the snow.
Rescuers search after Pakistan avalanche
A team of doctors and paramedics has also been sent to the mountainous area, a security official said.
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan told Sky News that a huge rescue operation is underway.
“It is a very horrendous tragedy,” he said.
It is a very horrendous tragedy... the terrain is most difficult… it is the highest battlefield in the world.
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan
“Attempts are being made to rescue as many [soldiers] as possible. The terrain is most difficult… it is the highest battlefield in the world.”
State-run Pakistan television said rescuers were facing difficulties getting heavy machinery to the far-flung area.
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said: "At six o'clock this morning this avalanche hit... over 100 soldiers and personnel are trapped."
Pakistan troops in snow
Troops train in the hazardous terrain (library picture)
In a statement, Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed his shock at the incident, which he said "would in no way would undermine the high morale of soldiers and officers."
The Kashmir region - of which Siachen is a part - is divided between fierce rivals Pakistan and India, and is claimed by both in full.
Thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops are based on the Siachen Glacier, which is 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) above sea level.
More soldiers have died from natural disasters than actual fighting in the region.
Avalanches and landslides frequently block roads and leave communities isolated in the mountains of Pakistan, neighbouring Afghanistan and Kashmir.
In February, at least 16 Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Kashmir were killed when two avalanches swept through army camps.
Most of the time on Siachen, the bad weather prevents any troop movement and despite the heavy deployment, clashes are generally low-level skirmishes involving a few dozen troops.
Avalanche Buries Pakistani Soldiers At Army Base On Siachen Glacier | World News | Sky News
The first bodies have been recovered after a devastating avalanche engulfed a Pakistan army base in the Himalayas, Sky sources say.
A security official said more than 12 bodies have been recovered from the Gayari sector of Siachen in the country's north.
The avalanche buried more than 100 soldiers at the base early this morning.
Troops with sniffer dogs, aided by helicopters, have been trying to find signs of survivors in the snow.
Rescuers search after Pakistan avalanche
A team of doctors and paramedics has also been sent to the mountainous area, a security official said.
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan told Sky News that a huge rescue operation is underway.
“It is a very horrendous tragedy,” he said.
It is a very horrendous tragedy... the terrain is most difficult… it is the highest battlefield in the world.
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan
“Attempts are being made to rescue as many [soldiers] as possible. The terrain is most difficult… it is the highest battlefield in the world.”
State-run Pakistan television said rescuers were facing difficulties getting heavy machinery to the far-flung area.
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said: "At six o'clock this morning this avalanche hit... over 100 soldiers and personnel are trapped."
Pakistan troops in snow
Troops train in the hazardous terrain (library picture)
In a statement, Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed his shock at the incident, which he said "would in no way would undermine the high morale of soldiers and officers."
The Kashmir region - of which Siachen is a part - is divided between fierce rivals Pakistan and India, and is claimed by both in full.
Thousands of Pakistani and Indian troops are based on the Siachen Glacier, which is 20,000 feet (6,000 metres) above sea level.
More soldiers have died from natural disasters than actual fighting in the region.
Avalanches and landslides frequently block roads and leave communities isolated in the mountains of Pakistan, neighbouring Afghanistan and Kashmir.
In February, at least 16 Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Kashmir were killed when two avalanches swept through army camps.
Most of the time on Siachen, the bad weather prevents any troop movement and despite the heavy deployment, clashes are generally low-level skirmishes involving a few dozen troops.
Avalanche Buries Pakistani Soldiers At Army Base On Siachen Glacier | World News | Sky News
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Erieye is helping co-ordinate heli's in rescue operation, according to sources.
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Coordinating helis? That is new!
Doctors have been airlifted to the area from nearby garrisons. Additional men being called in. There is a Army dog center in Murree, most probably they have been called there too.
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All the World's a Stage
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
William Shakespeare
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school.
And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
William Shakespeare
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