Overview
- The 13th bilateral drill began on January 9 at the National Counter Terrorism Centre in Pabbi and is scheduled to run for two weeks.
- ISPR says contingents from the Pakistan Army and the U.S. Army are refining tactics, techniques and procedures for complex counterterrorism operations.
- Training emphasizes urban marksmanship and familiarization with each side’s operational doctrines and best practices.
- Senior military officials attended the opening ceremony, and the drill follows December’s Warrior-IX counterterrorism exercise with China.
- Indian security sources told India Today that 131 militants, including 122 Pakistanis, are active in Jammu and Kashmir as Indian forces pursue counter-infiltration operations, while ISPR separately reported 11 Taliban members killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.