JHELUM: The closing ceremony of Exercise DRUZBHA-V between Pakistan and Russian forces was held at the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) near Kharian.

Russian Ambassador Danila Ganich, Inspector General Training and Evaluation (IGT&E) Lt-Gen Sher Afgun and senior military officials from both sides witnessed the closing ceremony.

“Special Forces’ Pakistan-Russian Federation Contingent demonstrated real-time skilful drills & procedures of counter terrorism operations,” an ISPR release said.

The two-week long Durzbha-V was conducted at Tarbela and NCTC PABBI. During the exercise, teams shared valuable experience in counter terrorism domain and displayed highest standards of training and professionalism.

Published in Dawn, November 20th, 2020

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