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Pakistan and Egypt Wrap Up 'Thunder-II' Counterterror Drill at Cherat

The two-week training sharpened counterterror tactics to strengthen military ties.

Overview

  • ISPR said the joint exercise concluded at the Special Operations School in Cherat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
  • Combat teams from Pakistan’s Special Services Group and the Egyptian Special Forces carried out the drills.
  • The training aimed to improve interoperability by refining counterterror drills, procedures, and techniques.
  • Senior officers attended the closing ceremony, including the General Officer Commanding SSG, Maj Gen Mohamed Saad Abdel Razik, and Egypt’s defence attaché.
  • ISPR said the effort deepened long-standing Pakistan–Egypt military ties and regional counterterror cooperation.