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Pakistan teams search on foot for remains of climbers killed in avalanche as weather grounds helicopters

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 417 words · By Associated Press
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Pakistan teams search on foot for remains of climbers killed in avalanche as weather grounds helicopters See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Pakistan teams search on foot for remains of climbers killed in avalanche as weather grounds helicopters See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on Google ISLAMABAD — Teams in Pakistan searched on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain as poor weather kept helicopters out of the air Tuesday, authorities said.

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Helicopters were on standby but unable to fly by noon for the ongoing search and recovery operation on Broad Peak, the regional government said in a statement Tuesday.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday expressed condolences to the families of those killed”
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Web search results confirm that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar expressed grief and condolences regarding the Broad Peak avalanche victims.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mohammad Ishaq Dar (born 13 May 1950) is a Pakistani accountant and politician who has served as the 6th deputy prime minister and 38th foreign minister of Pakistan since 2024. A close aide of the Sha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishaq_Dar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, formerly known as the Senior Minister of Pakistan, is the second-highest office within the federal cabinet of Pakistan, with the officeholder being deputy to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Pakis…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A brief armed conflict between India and Pakistan began on 7 May 2025, after India launched missile strikes on Pakistan, in a military campaign codenamed Operation Sindoor. India said that the operati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_India–Pakistan_conflict
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Claim 2: “Teams in Pakistan searched on foot for the remains of 10 climbers killed in an avalanche on the world’s 12th-highest mountain”
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Multiple independent sources (Newsday, BBC, Wikipedia) confirm that 10 climbers were killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak, which is identified as the world's 12th-highest mountain.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of the Pakistani people sorted by order of their declared or estimated wealth in U.S. dollars.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pakistanis_by_net_wort…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim popu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TenSportsHD is a Pakistani sports channel operated by the Hum Network. It mainly broadcasts Cricket, Football, Mixed martial arts, UFC, WWE, Tennis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Sports
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Claim 3: “A Chinese mountaineer died last year after being struck by falling rocks while descending K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in northern Pakistan.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that a Chinese mountaineer named Guan Jing died while descending K2 after being struck by falling rocks.
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web search NEUTRAL — Guan Jing died on Tuesday night while descending from the summit of 8,611-meter (26,246-foot) K2, located in the scenic Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, which borders neighboring China, the Alpine Club o…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/chinese-mountaineer-di…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Chinese mountaineer, Guan Jing, died on Tuesday night after being hit by falling rocks while descending from the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest peak, Karrar Haidri, vice president at Alpin…
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40377778/chinese-mountaineer-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Chinese mountaineer died while descending the world's second-highest peak, with Pakistani rescuers waiting on Thursday for weather conditions to improve to recover her body.
https://chinaglobalsouth.com/2025/08/14/chinese-climber-dies…
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Claim 4: “Ground teams located the remains of eight climbers and at least three bodies were brought down the mountain on Saturday”
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Newsday and Rediff Sports both report that eight bodies were located/recovered and that some were brought down on Saturday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ground teams located the remains of eight climbers and at least three bodies were brought down the mountain on Saturday, officials said.
https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/pakistan-avalanche-climb…
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web search NEUTRAL — At least eight climbers have died and several more are missing in mountains north of Iran’s capital Tehran after heavy snowfall and a blizzard, state television reported on Saturday, and the seven cre…
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/blizzard-k…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eight bodies have been recovered from the deadly avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, including that of veteran British-Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, with rescuers still searchin…
https://www.rediff.com/sports/report/broad-peak-avalanche-ei…
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Claim 5: “ongoing search and recovery operation on Broad Peak”
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Five independent cross-references (The Guardian, The Hindu, BBC News, EuroNews) explicitly state the avalanche occurred on Broad Peak.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The GPS data suggested the avalanche occurred close to 9am local time at 6,579 metres (21,585ft), between camp two and camp three on the mountain’s west ridge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/nirmal-purja-1…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The avalanche struck on Thursday (July 30), cutting off contact with the international expedition led by Purja on Broad Peak in northern Pakistan.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/who-is-nirmal-pu…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Teams in Pakistan have been searching for the climbers on the world's 12th-highest summit since Thursday's avalanche on the 8,047m (26,400ft) peak in the Karakoram range
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyljq79kdko?at_medium=R…
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Claim 6: “The climbers from Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, China, Britain and the United States were swept away by the avalanche Thursday in the Gilgit-Baltistan region”
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Two independent web search results (Newsday and another search result) confirm the avalanche occurred on Thursday in the Gilgit-Baltistan region and involved climbers from Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, China, Britain, and the United States.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan has a developing mixed economy with a prominent agriculture sector. It is the 40th-largest in terms of nominal GDP and the 20th-largest economy by purchasing power parity (PPP) as of 2026. In…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Pakistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Islam is the largest and the state religion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The country has over 231.69 million adherents of Islam, making it the world's second-largest country by Muslim populati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Pakistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year during which an educational institution holds classes. The schedules adopted vary widely. Common terms such as semester, trimester, a…
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Claim 7: “K2 [is] the world’s second-highest mountain”
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K2 is widely recognized as the world's second-highest mountain, confirmed by both cross-references (The Guardian) and general geographic knowledge.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — He later led the first team to summit K2, the world’s second-highest mountain in winter
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/nirmal-purja-1…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — He later led the first team to summit K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in winter.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/01/top-mountainee…
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Claim 8: “Nirmal Purja, a Nepal-born former British Army soldier widely known as Nims Dai, was among the climbers killed in the avalanche”
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Wikipedia explicitly lists Nirmal Purja (Nimsdai) as a victim of the 2026 Broad Peak avalanche, and this is corroborated by multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list consists of people who have reached the summit of Mount Everest more than once. By 2013, 6,871 summits had been recorded by 4,042 people. By the end of 2016 there were 7,646 summits by 4,469…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_summitee…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of climbers and mountaineers who are notable for their activities in mountaineering (including alpine climbing), rock climbing (including aid climbing, free climbing, bouldering, speed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_climbers_and_mountaine…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mount Everest (known locally as Sagarmāthā in Nepal and Qomolangma in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China) is the highest mountain on Earth above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
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Claim 9: “Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi [perished]”
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Web search results identify Sohail Sakhi as a Pakistani climber and expedition leader killed in the Broad Peak avalanche.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sirbaz Khan (born 3 December 1986) is a Pakistani high-altitude mountaineer. He is the first Pakistani to summit all 14 eighth-thousander peaks in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirbaz_Khan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Broad Peak is the 12th highest mountain in the world at 8,051 metres (26,414 ft) elevation above sea level. It is one of the eight-thousanders, and is located in the Karakoram range spanning Gilgit-Ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Peak
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 30 July 2026, an avalanche struck a group of 10 climbers attempting to summit Broad Peak in the Karakoram range of Pakistan. The avalanche occurred at an altitude of about 6,600 m (21,700 ft) on th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Broad_Peak_avalanche
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