Across Asia: Kashmir

Snowslide kills at least 17

A massive avalanche hit an Indian army training center at a ski resort town in Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday, killing at least 17 soldiers and trapping nearly 50 others.

Fifteen soldiers, all in need of emergency medical care, were found during the search-and-rescue operation under way at Gulmarg, a ski resort about 50 km northwest of Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, an army spokesman said.