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Pakistan, Russia to Hold Joint Military Exercise

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Pakistan, Russia to Hold Joint Military Exercise

The military exercise, involving 200 Pakistani and Russian troops, will be held from October 21 to November 4 in Pakistan.

Pakistan, Russia to Hold Joint Military Exercise
Credit: ISPR

The Pakistani and Russian militaries will conduct a joint military exercise, dubbed Friendship 2018, involving over 200 troops from both countries in Pakistan’s northern highlands from October 21 to November 4, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced in an October 16 statement.

“The drills will be held at the Pakistani training center for special forces in Cherat at an altitude above 1,400 meters as well as at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in Pabbi [a town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province],” the MoD states. “Troops from the two countries will exchange experience in combat training missions in highlands as well as in fighting against illegal armed gangs.”

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