An avalanche hit an Indian army post in Himalayan Kashmir early Tuesday, killing seven soldiers, an army spokesman said.
The army rescued eight soldiers who were partially buried by the cascading snow at an altitude of 14,000 feet (4,260 meters) in the Shasmbari forest area in Indian held Kashmir, said Col. K. Umamaheswar.
"The eight have been provided medical aid, and their condition is very stable," Umamaheswar told The Associated Press.
The region, close to India's de facto border with Pakistan, is 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Srinagar, the summer capital of India's Jammu-Kashmir state.
Frequent rain and heavy snow often trigger avalanches in Kashmir, which is divided between neighboring India and Pakistan and claimed by both.
They have fought two wars over the territory since their independence from Britain in 1947.
The Indian soldiers were posted in the area to prevent the entry of suspected Islamic insurgents from Pakistani territory.
The Indian army said it killed 17 suspected rebels and lost eight soldiers last month in one of the major battles in recent years in the region.
India accuses Pakistan of arming and training insurgents who have been fighting for Kashmir's independence from India or its merger with Pakistan since 1989. Islamabad denies the charge.
More than 68,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the conflict since 1989.
