ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani military launched on Tuesday a two-week multinational military exercise aiming to further harness military relations with friendly nations, including Qatar and Turkiye, its media wing said.
Special forces contingents from Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Turkiye and Uzbekistan would participate in the two-week exercise, ‘Eternal Brotherhood-II,’ according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military’s media wing.
Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir attended the opening ceremony of the exercise and interacted with the participating soldiers. The commanding officer of Pakistan’s elite Special Services Group (SSG) briefed the army chief on the scope of the exercise.
“The exercise is aimed at further harnessing the historic military-to-military relations among the friendly countries, including nurturing of joint employment concept, while identifying areas of mutual interest for future military collaborations and benefitting from each other’s experience against terrorism,” the ISPR said in a statement.
Prior to visiting Barotha, Gen Munir also visited the Junior Leadership Academy (JLA) in Shinkiari in northwest Pakistan, which is the center of excellence for training of non-commissioned officers. He laid a floral wreath at the martyrs’ monument and addressed the participants of the academy.
“Junior Leaders are the backbone of Pakistan Army and are key to success in conventional and unconventional warfare,” the ISPR quoted him as telling the trainees.
He lauded the army’s junior leaders for proving their mettle in the fields of training, operations and competitions across the world.
Pakistan opens two-week military exercise with Qatar, Turkiye among participating nations
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Pakistan opens two-week military exercise with Qatar, Turkiye among participating nations
- The two-week drill will focus on nurturing ‘joint employment concept,’ identifying areas for future collaboration
- Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asim Munir attends the opening ceremony of the exercise, interacts with participants
Pakistan says nine militants killed in security operations in northwest
- The intelligence-based operations were conducted in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Military says the counterterrorism campaign is being pursued under the framework of the National Action Plan
PESHAWAR: Security forces in Pakistan said on Saturday they killed nine militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in two intelligence-based operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan refers to fighters of the TTP, an umbrella group of various armed factions, as “khwarij,” a term from early Islamic history used to describe an extremist sect that rebelled against authority. The military also alleges the group receives arms and funding from the Indian government, a charge New Delhi denies.
The two operations were carried out on Dec. 5 in the volatile districts of Tank and Lakki Marwat, according to a statement from the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“On reported presence of khwarij, an intelligence-based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in Tank District,” the statement said. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location and after an intense fire exchange, seven khwarij were sent to hell.”
“Another intelligence-based operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat District,” it added. “In ensuing fire exchange, two more khwarij were effectively neutralized by the security forces.”
ISPR said weapons and ammunition were recovered from the militants, whom it described as “Indian sponsored” and accused of involvement in attacks on security personnel, law enforcement agencies and civilians.
It said follow-up “sanitization operations” were under way as part of the country’s counterterrorism campaign under Azm-e-Istehkam, approved by the Federal Apex Committee of the National Action Plan, which aims to eliminate what it called foreign-supported militant threats in the country.
