The closing ceremony of the Pak-Turkiye joint military exercise“ATATURK-XII 2023” was held at Tarbela Thursday, said a statement issued byInter Services Public Relations (ISPR).
Troops from the Turkish Special Forces and Pakistan’s Special Service Group(SSG) participated in the exercise. The two-week-long exercise was aimed atsharing mutual experiences in the counter-terrorism domain,rehearsing/adopting best practices and enhancing cooperation between thetwo armies.
Drills/techniques regarding Compound & Cave Clearance, Sniper Training,Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) handling and Combat Medic training werespecial focus areas of the joint exercise.
This is the 12th joint exercise of the Ataturk series as part of bilateralmilitary cooperation between both friendly countries.
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Major General Asad Nawaz Khan, Director General Military Training witnessedthe closing ceremony as chief guest.
Turkish military delegation was headed by Centre Commander forCounter-Terrorism Training and Exercise, Colonel Mustafa Kahraman, whoalso attended the closing ceremony.
