"If someone says he's not afraid of death, he's either lying or from the Indian army" — from a foreign journalist who had been on the ground to investigate there.
In April 1984, ahead of Pakistan, the Indian Army (which used intelligence warfare to obtain information on Pakistan's orders for mountaineering equipment) suddenly seized the Siachen Glacier (the longest glacier in the Karakoram region and the second longest glacier in the non-polar region of the world) at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters and nearly 80 kilometers long. As of today, due to fighting and weather reasons, only according to official Indian conservative reports: more than 850 Indian officers and soldiers have been killed in the area, and more soldiers have lost their health, but in recent years with the improvement of conditions, the number of casualties has decreased. About 7,000 people are stationed here, and about 2,000 pounds of human excrement are dumped into the cracks of glaciers every day, as well as heavy artillery containing toxic metals such as lead. It is estimated that the annual cost of Pakistan's actions in Siachen is between US$200 million and US$300 million per year. India, on the other hand, is $400-500 million a year.
