Map of the Siachen Glacier area. The AGPL is shown as a red dashed line.
Siachen Glacier
Location of Siachen Glacier in relation to Pakistan
Though the Pakistani military has launched numerous attempts to wrest the region from Indian control, the situation on the ground has changed little, and the front has stagnated along the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL), on the northern extreme of the Line of Control between India and Pakistan in the Kashmir region. With troops deployed at elevations of 6,700 metres (22,000 feet) above sea level, the glacier has come to be known as "the world's highest battlefield".[1][4] A ceasefire has been in place since 2003, but thousands of troops from both sides remained stationed in at least 150