Pakistan military offers help for Indian soldiers buried under Siachen avalanche

[senses]

Aww, Outdated reporting by dawn "Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations Maj Gen Amir Riaz"
Indian army declines Pak offer of help to find its soldiers - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[Jf Thunder]

in reality if pak soldiers found them they would likely leave the poor bastards to rot in the snow.

one does not simply rot in snow

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Nice Gesture.

India turned it down.
but for record the help was offered

out dated choice of story by OP

Aww, Outdated reporting by dawn "Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations Maj Gen Amir Riaz"
Indian army declines Pak offer of help to find its soldiers - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

one does not simply rot in snow

even in snow bodies do decompose but at slower rate
in any case the comment you quoted was insensitive and inhumane.

 

[Dubious]

even in snow bodies do decompose but at slower rate

mostly bodies get preserved like the dead mammoth they found some time back and Otzi (Ötzi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ) ....Until and unless there is organic litter producing CO2...there isnt much decomposition! Even then the studies use -2 degrees not temperatures like in Siachen!

So far we preserve our leaf samples at -40 to avoid bacterial activity.

 

[Pulsar]

Good gesture, in keeping with fauji traditions.

We may see ourselves as enemies, but the braves from both countries are soldiers first and thus belong to the same family. There's that unwritten code that few civilians will ever be able to understand.

 

[Kompromat]

RIP

 

[sathya]

Nice gesture, both countries offer them ..

Both turn down usually ..

This off course will help one day ..

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Good gesture, in keeping with fauji traditions.

We may see ourselves as enemies, but the braves from both countries are soldiers first and thus belong to the same family. There's that unwritten code that few civilians will ever be able to understand.

you got to be a solider to understand that.
talks is cheap from comfort and safety of homes. in reality soldiers exhibit a lot of respect to each other. duty and fight is one thing but once war is over we see a difference between a professional army and terrorist thugs. (yes exceptions are there but they are not the rule).
Indian army helped Pakistan army during 1992 floods along LOC when they were stranded.
rest in peace to the dead.

 

[sathya]

Pakistàn also safely returned a boy who inadvertently fell into river and crossed across.

 

[kmc_chacko]

RIP to those BraveHearts

 

[thrilainmanila]

i don't think those indian troops should be helped, as a kashmiri, i have family members who were unlawfully beaten and humiliated by them.

 

[帅的一匹]

Indian government just let those soldiers die out there, they don't have sympathy.

i don't think those indian troops should be helped, as a kashmiri, i have family members who were unlawfully beaten and humiliated by them.

No need to help your enemy.

60 thousands Indian solders deployed along the border!!! What they wanna do? ! Few of them died in accident just because Indian government mistake! When they shoot your family and brother and sisters, you don't have any sympathy toward them. Soldiers are war machine, it's their duty to die out in the field. I feel weird about this......

 

[HariPrasad]

Siachen avalanche: Army says no to Pakistani help in search for soldiers


Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Thursday declined his Pakistani counterpart's offer for help in rescuing Indian soldiers buried under snow after an avalanche hit their post in Siachen Glacier, saying necessary resources have already been put in place.

Army sources said Pakistan's DGMO Maj Gen Amir Riaz called up earlier in the day and offered help.

They said such calls are routine whenever any incident happens near the border.

"During the conversation, he offered Pakistani help which was declined for now saying that enough resources have been put in place," the sources siad.

Incidentally, the offer of help came over 30 hours after the incident.

Ten soldiers of an Army post, located at an altitude of 19,600 feet, were hit by a massive avalanche in the early hours yesterday.

Rescue operations by specialized teams of the Army and the Air Force continued for the second day on Thursday amid fears that they may be dead.


"It is a tragic event and we salute the soldiers who braved all challenges to guard our frontiers and made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty," Lt Gen DS Hooda, Army Commander, Northern Command, said.

Snow cutters and specialized equipment were flown into Leh to further boost the rescue efforts.

The glaciated area experiences temperatures ranging from a minimum of minus 42 degrees in the night to maximum of minus 25 degrees during the day.

Rescue teams are braving adverse weather and effects of rarified atmosphere to locate and rescue survivors.

"However, it is with deepest of regrets that we have to state that chances of finding any survivors are now very remote," an Army statement had said.

Siachen avalanche: Army says no to Pakistani help in search for soldiers - Times of India

It is a good gesture but they may not be as equipped and skilled as Indian army. What better can they offer than what indian army always do.