Pakistan holds funeral after rescuers recover all 22 soldiers from crash site
Pakistan held a military funeral in Muzaffarabad on 11 June after rescue teams recovered the remains of all 22 soldiers from the Mi-17 helicopter that crashed a day earlier in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, according to the Associated Press.
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- AP reports that rescue teams recovered the remains of all 22 soldiers from the Pakistani army Mi-17 wreckage near Muzaffarabad.
- According to AP, officials confirmed that no one survived the 10 June crash in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
- AP reports that senior government and military officials attended a funeral ceremony in Muzaffarabad on 11 June.
- An AP reporter counted 22 coffins covered with Pakistan’s flag at the ceremony.
Muzaffarabad (capital of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir, near the Line of Control dividing Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir) hosted the funeral ceremony reported by AP. The Mi-17 (Soviet-designed medium transport helicopter widely used by armed forces for troop, cargo and rescue missions) was the aircraft type involved. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (self-governing territory administered by Pakistan, separate from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir) has its own regional government; AP reported that regional Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore attended the funeral. Kashmir (Himalayan region claimed in full by both India and Pakistan since 1947) remains one of South Asia’s most politically sensitive and militarised areas.
Background
Kashmir has been disputed since British India was partitioned in 1947, with India and Pakistan fighting wars over the region in 1947-48 and 1965 and clashing around Kargil in 1999. The UN human rights office’s 2019 update described continuing concerns in both Indian- and Pakistani-administered Kashmir. Military aviation in the Himalayas carries operational risks because weather, terrain and altitude can complicate flight and rescue work. In this case, AP reports that Pakistan’s military has cited an apparent technical fault while the formal inquiry continues.
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