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Updated Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:45 am TWN, AP

6 soldiers dead, 60 trapped in Kashmir avalanche

SRINAGAR, India -- At least six soldiers are dead and 60 more are trapped following a massive avalanche that hit a training center of the Indian army at a famous ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Indian army spokesman Col. Vineet Sood in Srinagar says rescue operations are under way at Gulmarg, a ski resort about 50 kilometers northwest of Srinagar, the main city in Indian Kashmir.

Sood says the avalanche hit a training center of army's High Altitude Warfare School, or HAWS, early Monday and swept away soldiers during a training session.

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