{"id":19648,"date":"2026-02-04T11:44:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19648"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:42:53","slug":"exercise-khanjar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/exercise-khanjar\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Khanjar-XIII"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Exercise Khanjar-XIII Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 13th edition of the joint military Exercise KHANJAR between India and Kyrgyzstan begins recently at Misamari in Sonitpur district of Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Exercise Khanjar-XIII<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>13th edition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>annual India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercise Khanjar was <\/span><b>first initiated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in December <\/span><b>2011, in Nahan, India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, the exercise has been<\/span><b> held alternatively in India and the Kyrgyz Republic every year.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Khanjar-XIII Location<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Misamari in the Sonitpur district of <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 14-day-long military exercise aims to <\/span><b>enhance interoperability between the Special Forces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of both nations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2026 exercise will <\/span><b>focus <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on <\/span><b>joint operations in urban warfare and counter-terrorism scenarios<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the United Nations mandate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The training modules will include close-quarter battle techniques, room intervention procedures, hostage-rescue simulations, counter-terrorism operations, and joint tactical manoeuvres. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsonair.gov.in\/india-kyrgyzstan-joint-military-exercise-khanjar-to-begin-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NOA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise Khanjar-XIII is the 13th edition of the annual India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise. 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