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Jesus Malverde

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Wed Feb 10, 2016, 05:36 AM Feb 2016

‘World’s highest battleground’: Indian soldier rescued from icy tomb on Siachen Glacier (VIDEO)

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Source: RT

An Indian soldier, buried six days ago when an avalanche hit one of the world’s most unforgiving war zones, has been rescued from the snow alive.

India and Pakistan are fighting a very cold war in the Himalaya Mountain range, some 20,000ft above sea level, in what has been labelled the world’s highest battleground.

For three decades, the warring countries have been in dispute over the ownership of what is a very inhospitable environment - the Siachen Glacier.

Read more: https://www.rt.com/news/331848-siachen-glacier-indian-soldier-rescue/



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