Indian, Pak soldiers will train together at SCO's counter-terror military drills
New Delhi: After having fought the Pakistanis in the 1965, 1971 and 1999 wars, about 200 Indian soldiers, mainly drawn from the five Rajput Regiment, and airmen from the Indian Air Force, will train alongside Pakistani soldiers, besides military personnel of several other countries, including China and Russia, in an exercise to eliminate terrorists and neutralise their networks.
It will mark the first time ever that Indian and Pakistani soldiers will train together. In the past, Indian and Pakistani soldiers have operated only under the United Nations mandate in foreign lands as peacekeepers.
The week-long exercise called “Peace Mission 2018” will take place from August 22-29 at Chelya-binsk in west-central Russia under the umbrella of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The Indian soldiers will be led by a brigadier-rank officer in the “Peace Mission 2018”.
