The glacier emanates from here near the Indrakoli Pass on the Pakistan-China border, 37 aerial miles southeast of K-2, the second highest mountain in the world.

The April death of 130 Pakistani soldiers in an avalanche close to the Siachen glacier has triggered renewed outcry from Pakistan to de-militarize what some call the world’s highest battlefield ...

Guns kept blazing every day from that day till 2003 when India and Pakistan agreed on a truce. Significantly, Siachen sits on the nuclear tri-junction of India, Pakistan and China. It’s the ...

In this photo provided by the Indian Army, a woman cries by the coffin containing the remains of Chandra Shekhar, an Indian army soldier found more than 38 years after he went missing, in Haldwani ...

Currently, around 5,000 troops from both India and Pakistan are stationed on Siachen glacier at heights ranging up to 22,000 feet above sea level. Approximately 3,000 soldiers from both countries ...

NEW DELHI: Army troops deployed in high-altitude posts in Ladakh along the frontiers with China and Pakistan, as also civilians staying in remote border villages in the region, now have access to ...

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During the Siachen conflict, a pair of Pakistan Army soldiers as pose at a machine gun position, 16.400 feet up in the Himalayas, Siachen Glacier, Pakistan, June 1989. Robert Nickelsberg Living in ...

Pakistan and China set to face the heat in coming days, ... This persistent aerial presence is ideal for border surveillance, ... Arunachal Pradesh and the Siachen Glacier.

An even more contentious dispute surrounds the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir, where India and Pakistan have fought on and off since 1984, making it the highest elevation battleground on the planet.

Who Controls What. India governs about 55 percent of the area of Kashmir in the center and south, including the densely populated fertile lands of the Kashmir Valley. Pakistan controls 30 percent ...