Exercise Khanjar
2021 MAY 5
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About Khanjar exercise:
- It was held between special forces of India and Kyrgyzstan as a two-week military exercise in Bishkek with a focus on counter-terror drills.
- 2021 is the eight editions of the India-Kyrgyz Joint Special Forces Exercise.
- The two-week long exercise focuses on high-altitude, mountains and counter-extremism.
- It envisaged conduct of joint military exercises, exchange of experience and information, and exchange of military observers and instructors besides others.
Prelims Question:
Exercise Khanjar is a military exercise between India and:
(a)Kyrgyzstan
(b)Kazakhstan
(c)Turkmenistan
(d)Uzbekistan
Answer to Prelims question