Avalanche In Pakistan

An avalanche killed at least 10 people in a remote area of northern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, adding that poor weather and limited accessibility were hampering rescue efforts.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned today that "No one should expect China to swallow anything that undermines its interests" though he also claimed that Beijing is opposed to "the practice of the strong bullying the weak." In a speech that ran longer than three hours, provoking an avalanche of online jokes, he also said that "China's developme...

An aerial search for two American mountaineers missing in Pakistan was suspended today, an official said, after an initial flight showed no sign of the men but indicated an avalanche on the peak they were climbing.

The Army has said it does not need Pakistan's help in its efforts to find 10 soldiers missing since an enormous avalanche hit their post at the Siachen Glacier. The Army says it does not expect to find the soldiers alive.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday pledged to set up a relief fund for the victims of avalanches that claimed over 280 lives, and called for international help with the relief effort.

Four Pakistani army soldiers have been killed in an avalanche in the mountainous northern Gilgit Baltistan region, a grim reminder of the 2012 incident in Siachen that claimed the lives of 129 troops.

Six Indian Army soldiers were killed and one is missing in an avalanche that struck the Siachen Glacier early today. The tragedy occurred in Sub-sector Hanif when troops were moving between posts at 19,000 feet.

Pakistan's military says an avalanche has killed five soldiers and four civilians in the snow-covered mountains of Pakistani Kashmir.

The Defence Secretaries of India and Pakistan today began talks on the military standoff on Siachen against the backdrop of calls from Islamabad to demilitarise the Himalayan glacier in the wake of an avalanche that killed 139 people at a Pakistan Army camp.

Rescue teams have found equipment belonging to Pakistani soldiers at the site of a massive avalanche that buried 138 soldiers and civilians in Siachen in April, the Pakistan Army said on Tuesday.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called off his visit to the avalanche site in Siachen sector due to harsh weather even as rescuers backed by Swiss and German teams continued to search for 138 people buried under the snow for over a week.

The sudden visit of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal to India has invited ire from their political opponents in Pakistan with cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan questioning the timing of the tour, when the country was faced with a tragedy of the 135 soldiers missing in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier.

Bad weather on Monday hampered efforts to boost the search for 135 people buried in an avalanche at a Pakistani army camp, as a US team of high altitude specialists arrived in the country to help.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh offered Pakistan humanitarian assistance to help find survivors of a massive avalanche that hit a Pakistani army camp in the Siachen glacier in which 135 soldiers and civilians are feared dead.

Pakistan's military hoped for a miracle on Sunday as rescue teams searched for 124 soldiers and 11 civilians buried by a Himalayan avalanche near the Indian border, with no sign of survivors more 24 hours later. The avalanche engulfed a Pakistani army battalion headquarters near a glacier early on Saturday, leaving snow up to 80 feet (25 metres) d...

An avalanche killed at least 10 people in a remote area of northern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, adding that poor weather and limited accessibility were hampering rescue efforts.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned today that "No one should expect China to swallow anything that undermines its interests" though he also claimed that Beijing is opposed to "the practice of the strong bullying the weak." In a speech that ran longer than three hours, provoking an avalanche of online jokes, he also said that "China's developme...

An aerial search for two American mountaineers missing in Pakistan was suspended today, an official said, after an initial flight showed no sign of the men but indicated an avalanche on the peak they were climbing.

The Army has said it does not need Pakistan's help in its efforts to find 10 soldiers missing since an enormous avalanche hit their post at the Siachen Glacier. The Army says it does not expect to find the soldiers alive.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday pledged to set up a relief fund for the victims of avalanches that claimed over 280 lives, and called for international help with the relief effort.

Four Pakistani army soldiers have been killed in an avalanche in the mountainous northern Gilgit Baltistan region, a grim reminder of the 2012 incident in Siachen that claimed the lives of 129 troops.

Six Indian Army soldiers were killed and one is missing in an avalanche that struck the Siachen Glacier early today. The tragedy occurred in Sub-sector Hanif when troops were moving between posts at 19,000 feet.

Pakistan's military says an avalanche has killed five soldiers and four civilians in the snow-covered mountains of Pakistani Kashmir.

The Defence Secretaries of India and Pakistan today began talks on the military standoff on Siachen against the backdrop of calls from Islamabad to demilitarise the Himalayan glacier in the wake of an avalanche that killed 139 people at a Pakistan Army camp.

Rescue teams have found equipment belonging to Pakistani soldiers at the site of a massive avalanche that buried 138 soldiers and civilians in Siachen in April, the Pakistan Army said on Tuesday.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called off his visit to the avalanche site in Siachen sector due to harsh weather even as rescuers backed by Swiss and German teams continued to search for 138 people buried under the snow for over a week.

The sudden visit of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal to India has invited ire from their political opponents in Pakistan with cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan questioning the timing of the tour, when the country was faced with a tragedy of the 135 soldiers missing in an avalanche in the Siachen glacier.

Bad weather on Monday hampered efforts to boost the search for 135 people buried in an avalanche at a Pakistani army camp, as a US team of high altitude specialists arrived in the country to help.

Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh offered Pakistan humanitarian assistance to help find survivors of a massive avalanche that hit a Pakistani army camp in the Siachen glacier in which 135 soldiers and civilians are feared dead.

Pakistan's military hoped for a miracle on Sunday as rescue teams searched for 124 soldiers and 11 civilians buried by a Himalayan avalanche near the Indian border, with no sign of survivors more 24 hours later. The avalanche engulfed a Pakistani army battalion headquarters near a glacier early on Saturday, leaving snow up to 80 feet (25 metres) d...