National Geographic - USA (2021-03)

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Pakistani soldiers unload an Mi-17 helicopter at the Paiju administrative post. Vital supplies range from drums of avi- ation fu ...

At the Sarfaranga firing range outside Skardu, Pakistani soldiers clean their G3A3 rifles and snack on bananas during a training ...

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Ropes keep teams safe while traversing some types of terrain. Here soldiers of Pakistan’s 323 Brigade have tied themselves toget ...

reconnoitering the terrain above to prepare for this decisive moment. A few men suggested they rope up for safety. “If you rope ...

in India, Pakistan, and the United States, trying to unravel an obscure but important mystery to the Siachen saga. And now Cory ...

time on this little [segment of a boundary], and then it winds up two weeks later that little tiny place—who would’ve thought—be ...

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A game of cricket pro- vides a dose of levity and exercise for men of the Pakistan Army’s Punjab Regiment at Gora I, an administ ...

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Pakistani soldiers receive instruction on how to operate a 37-mm antiaircraft gun. Hostilities ended in 2003 when a cease- fire ...

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precisely the full visual evidence of the text in the new policy.” THE MOUNTAINEER I first heard of the Siachen Glacier from a c ...

A well-maintained path leads to a rock patio for prayer at the Gora I post. “We never discuss hardships with our families,” one ...

meaning “cloud messenger.” Using helicopters, the army inserted a platoon of soldiers to occupy the Bilafond La, one of the moun ...

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Soldiers pass a gla- ciated side valley on their way to Gayari, where a similar ice field released an ava- lanche some 2,500 fee ...