Swamped with snow

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Updated On Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

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Avalanches strike army camps. PTI Graphics

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Avalanches strike army camps. PTI Graphics

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Kashmiri villagers look out from the windows of their home in snow-covered Ramwari, some 70 kilometers (44 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Kashmiri villagers look out from the windows of their home in snow-covered Ramwari, some 70 kilometers (44 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

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Kashmiri boys clear snow from the roof of a house in Gagangeri, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Kashmiri boys clear snow from the roof of a house in Gagangeri, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

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A Kashmiri villager carries vegetables on his shoulder as he walks home on a snow-covered path near Gagangeri, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

A Kashmiri villager carries vegetables on his shoulder as he walks home on a snow-covered path near Gagangeri, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

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Residents clearing snow after an avalanche at Ramwari village near Gund in Ganderbal district on Thursday. Sixteen soldiers were killed, 4 injured and three more are missing after avalanches buried military camps in Sonamarg and Ganderbal areas. PTI Photo by S Irfan

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Residents clearing snow after an avalanche at Ramwari village near Gund in Ganderbal district on Thursday. Sixteen soldiers were killed, 4 injured and three more are missing after avalanches buried military camps in Sonamarg and Ganderbal areas. PTI Photo by S Irfan

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An army helicopter, on a rescue mission, near Gund in Ganderbal district on Thursday. Sixteen soldiers were killed, 4 injured and three more are missing after avalanches buried military camps in Sonamarg and Ganderbal areas. PTI Photo by S Irfan

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

An army helicopter, on a rescue mission, near Gund in Ganderbal district on Thursday. Sixteen soldiers were killed, 4 injured and three more are missing after avalanches buried military camps in Sonamarg and Ganderbal areas. PTI Photo by S Irfan

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Kashmiri villagers search for their belongings after their huts were buried under snow due to avalanche at Ramwari some 70 km from summer capital Srinagar. At least nine Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Kashmir were killed in avalanches overnight with several others missing, officials said. Two avalanches swept through army camps in Dawar and Sonamarg, both near the heavily-militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Kashmiri villagers search for their belongings after their huts were buried under snow due to avalanche at Ramwari some 70 km from summer capital Srinagar. At least nine Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Kashmir were killed in avalanches overnight with several others missing, officials said. Two avalanches swept through army camps in Dawar and Sonamarg, both near the heavily-militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat

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Kashmiri villagers search for their belongings after their huts were buried under snow due to avalanche at Ramwari some 70 km from summer capital Srinagar. At least nine Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Kashmir were killed in avalanches overnight with several others missing, officials said. Two avalanches swept through army camps in Dawar and Sonamarg, both near the heavily-militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Kashmiri villagers search for their belongings after their huts were buried under snow due to avalanche at Ramwari some 70 km from summer capital Srinagar. At least nine Indian soldiers on duty in the mountains of Kashmir were killed in avalanches overnight with several others missing, officials said. Two avalanches swept through army camps in Dawar and Sonamarg, both near the heavily-militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. AFP Photo/Rouf Bhat

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A Kashmiri man shovels snow from the roof of a cottage at gagengeer village of Kashmir near Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar. At least 11 army troopers were killed after avalanches hit their camps in Kashmir, officials said. The major avalanche hit the army camp at village Dawar of Gurez in frontier Bandipora district, around 115 km north of Srinagar city, while as a smaller one hit the post in Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar HT/ Waseem Andrabi

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

A Kashmiri man shovels snow from the roof of a cottage at gagengeer village of Kashmir near Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar. At least 11 army troopers were killed after avalanches hit their camps in Kashmir, officials said. The major avalanche hit the army camp at village Dawar of Gurez in frontier Bandipora district, around 115 km north of Srinagar city, while as a smaller one hit the post in Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar HT/ Waseem Andrabi

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Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 108 people in northeastern Afghanistan. (HT File Photo)

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 108 people in northeastern Afghanistan. (HT File Photo)

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Kashmiri villagers remove fallen trees as they search for belongings at the site where their homes stood, now buried in snow after an avalanche in Ramwari, some 70 kilometers (44 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

Kashmiri villagers remove fallen trees as they search for belongings at the site where their homes stood, now buried in snow after an avalanche in Ramwari, some 70 kilometers (44 miles) northeast of Srinagar. Heavy snowfall across Kashmir valley has prompted authorities to issue an avalanche warning for most areas lying close to the mountains, according to a news agency. Avalanches and landslides are common in the disputed Himalayan region. AP Photo/ Dar Yasin

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People walking near the site of avalanche at Ramwari village of Kashmir near Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar.At least 11 army troopers were killed after avalanches hit their camps in Kashmir, officials said. The major avalanche hit the army camp at village Dawar of Gurez in frontier Bandipora district, around 115 km north of Srinagar city while as a smaller one hit the post in Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar HT/ Waseem Andrabi

Updated on Feb 23, 2012 09:15 pm IST

People walking near the site of avalanche at Ramwari village of Kashmir near Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar.At least 11 army troopers were killed after avalanches hit their camps in Kashmir, officials said. The major avalanche hit the army camp at village Dawar of Gurez in frontier Bandipora district, around 115 km north of Srinagar city while as a smaller one hit the post in Sonamarg of Ganderbal district around 84 km north of Srinagar HT/ Waseem Andrabi

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