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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An avalanche engulfed a Pakistani military camp near the Indian border on Saturday, burying more than 100 soldiers, with no sign of survivors 15 hours later, the army said. The snow left by the avalanche was up to 80 feet deep over an area a kilometer wide, state television quoted army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas as saying. The soldiers were trapped in one of the most unforgiving environments on earth, at an altitude of 15,000 feet near the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram mountain range. ...
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