April 13th
The twenty-eighth anniversary of a stubborn, unnecessary and futile dispute over Siachen was celebrated with the loss of 138 Pakistani soldiers buried under an avalanche.
With an area of approximately 700 square kilometers and a height of over 20000 feet, Siachen is the world’s highest and most brutal battleground. Temperatures average -40 degree Celsius and with blizzards of 160 km/hr make this region impossible to support any human life. Some vegetation and wild roses grow there, from which Siachen gets its name.
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