At least 12 people have been killed, including eight soldiers, and nine people are missing after being hit by landslides at Sharda (Kel) sector on the Line of Control (LOC) were recovered on Saturday. "Three bodies of soldiers were recovered yesterday. The dead bodies of five soldiers including a captain and four civilians have been recovered today (Saturday)," said a statement by the military.

Local administration officials said they were searching for more dead bodies as nine people from the rescue party were still missing. "Eight soldiers and 10 civilians went to rescue the soldiers at the post, all of the rescuers were buried in the second landslide, so we are searching for the rest of the bodies," local administration official Raja Saqib Muneer told.

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