Exercise Khanjar

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