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SRINAGAR: The Army has launched a monolithic hunt cognition to hint 2 soldiers who went missing successful a forested country of southbound Kashmir’s Anantnag territory connected October 6. Officials mislaid interaction with the soldiers — portion of a squad connected patrol work successful the woods of Ahlan Gadol, Kokernag — precocious Monday and person not been capable to pass with them since.“On the intervening nighttime of 6/7 October an operational squad connected Kishtwar scope confronted a terrible snowfall tempest and achromatic retired conditions successful the mountains of South Kashmir. Since then, 2 soldiers person gone retired of communication. Intense Search and Rescue operations person been launched but hampered owed to prevailing adverse upwind conditions," Army’s Srinagar based 15 Corps (Chinar Corps) tweeted precocious Wednesday.The Kishtwar Himalaya scope stretches from the borderline of southbound Kashmir’s Anantnag connected its northwestern broadside to Kishtwar successful Jammu division.Officials judge the duo whitethorn person been incapable to scope retired owed to inclement weather. The Army has deployed choppers to assistance crushed troops successful the search. “The cognition is ongoing, with information forces combing the forests to find the troopers,” said an official.Temperatures successful Kashmir Valley person dropped by astir 10°C pursuing caller snowfall successful the higher reaches and rains successful the plains since Monday.
