Search Continues for Victims of Kashmir Avalanche

April 20, 2012 from VOA News

In the early morning hours of April 7, a huge avalanche and landslide struck a Pakistani army battalion headquarters located high in the mountains of Kashmir. Ayaz Gul reports that rescuers are still searching for survivors beneath rubble that spans one-square-kilometer at the Siachen glacier, in a region long known as a flashpoint between India and Pakistan.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a sovereign country in South Asia. With a population exceeding 180 million people, it is the sixth most populous country in the world. Located at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Cent... Explore this topic

Siachen Glacier

The Siachen Glacier is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalaya Mountains at about 35°25′16″N 77°06′34″E / 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, just north-east of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends. At 70 km long, it is the longest g... Explore this topic

Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. It is also called and known as the Heaven on Earth because of its natural widespread beauty. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the P... Explore this topic

Kashmir conflict

The Kashmir conflict is a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region, the northwestern most region of South Asia. India claims the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir and as of 2010, administers approximately 43% of the region, including most of Jammu... Explore this topic

Avalanche

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope. Avalanches are typically triggered in a starting zone from a mechanical failure in the snowpack when the forces on the snow exceed its strength but sometimes only with gradually widening. After initiation, avalanches usually a... Explore this topic

India-Pakistan relations

Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained by a number of historical and political issues, and are defined by the violent partition of British India in 1947, the Kashmir dispute and the numerous military conflicts fought between the two nations. Consequently, even... Explore this topic

Pakistan Army

กองทัพปากีสถาน เป็นกองทัพของประเทศปากีสถานสถาปนาขึ้นหลังจากที่ปากีสถานแยกตัวออกจากอินเดียในปี ค.ศ.1947 ได้สถาปนาขึ้นเมื่อ 14 สิงหาคม ค.ศ. 1947 ในปัจจุบันกองทัพปากีสถานมีกองกำลังพร้อมรบทั้งหมด 619,000 นาย และกองกำลังสำรอง 528,000 นาย มีงบประมาณใช้จ่ายด้านกองทัพ 4.80 พันล้านดอลล... Explore this topic

Himalayas

The Himalayas, also Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over a hundred mo... Explore this topic

India

Intian tasavalta eli Intia, viralliselta nimeltään Bharat, Republic of India, on liittovaltio Etelä-Aasiassa. Intia on pinta-alaltaan maailman seitsemänneksi suurin valtio ja asukasluvultaan maailman toiseksi suurin. Intian naapurimaita ovat Bangladesh, Myanmar, Kiina, Bhutan,... Explore this topic

Glacier

A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity and undergoes internal deformation. Explore this topic

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