Pakistan cable car: student brought to safety in zip line rescue

A child has been rescued via zip line from a cable car dangling above a ravine near Battagram, a city in Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

During daylight hours a child was earlier rescued by a military helicopter.

Six children and two adults had originally been trapped on the cable car but all were eventually rescued during the night.

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