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Six children aged between 10 and 16 years, along with two adults, were trapped for hours in the cable car. All eight were brought to safety. AP
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Local residents gather near the incident site, in Pashto village, a mountainous area of Battagram district. AP
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Rizwan Ullah, a survivor of the incident, talks to members of the media. AP
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An empty cable car dangles hundreds of metres above the ground in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AP
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Gul Faraz, a survivor near the incident site. AP
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Youngsters, left, who were trapped in a broken cable car, receive first aid following their rescue, in Pashto village, a mountainous area of Battagram district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift rescued eight people from a broken cable car dangling hundreds of meters (feet) above a canyon Tuesday in a remote part of Pakistan, authorities said. (AP Photo / Nasir Mahmood)
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Local police said they had conducted monthly safety checks on the cable car. Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has ordered inspections of all privately-operated cable lifts. AFP
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Pakistani soldiers work to rescue eight people, including six children, stranded in a cable car in the country's north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
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Pakistani military and local rescue workers use ropes and harnesses to bring the last people from the cable car to safety. AP
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A Pakistani soldier carries a young person from the broken cable car to safety using a zipline. EPA
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The cable car had been stranded 274 metres above the ground in high winds across a ravine in Battagram district of Pakistan. EPA
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Six children aged between 10 and 16 years, along with two adults, were trapped for hours in the cable car. All eight were brought to safety. AP
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Local residents gather near the incident site, in Pashto village, a mountainous area of Battagram district. AP
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Rizwan Ullah, a survivor of the incident, talks to members of the media. AP
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An empty cable car dangles hundreds of metres above the ground in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. AP
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Gul Faraz, a survivor near the incident site. AP
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Youngsters, left, who were trapped in a broken cable car, receive first aid following their rescue, in Pashto village, a mountainous area of Battagram district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Army commandos using helicopters and a makeshift chairlift rescued eight people from a broken cable car dangling hundreds of meters (feet) above a canyon Tuesday in a remote part of Pakistan, authorities said. (AP Photo / Nasir Mahmood)
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Local police said they had conducted monthly safety checks on the cable car. Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has ordered inspections of all privately-operated cable lifts. AFP
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Pakistani soldiers work to rescue eight people, including six children, stranded in a cable car in the country's north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. EPA
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Pakistani military and local rescue workers use ropes and harnesses to bring the last people from the cable car to safety. AP
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A Pakistani soldier carries a young person from the broken cable car to safety using a zipline. EPA
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The cable car had been stranded 274 metres above the ground in high winds across a ravine in Battagram district of Pakistan. EPA
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Six children aged between 10 and 16 years, along with two adults, were trapped for hours in the cable car. All eight were brought to safety. AP
Pakistan cable car miracle: Eight people saved by zip-lining commandos
Six children and two teachers who got stuck above a ravine have been rescued, Pakistan's caretaker prime minister said
Muhammad Shahid
Peshawar
22 August, 2023
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