{"id":329401,"date":"2025-03-11T17:51:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=329401"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:35:46","slug":"khanjar-xii-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/khanjar-xii-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanjar-XII Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The 12th edition of the India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise, Khanjar-XII, is being held in Kyrgyzstan from March 10 to 23, 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>About Khanjar-XII Exercise<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 724px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/currentaffairs.adda247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/multisite\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/10114301\/10-March-2025-2.webp?resize=724%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise KHANJAR-XII\" width=\"724\" height=\"407\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: newindian.in|<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"358\">It is a <strong>bilateral military exercise between India and Kyrgyzstan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"358\">It has been started since 2011 and both nations are hosting it alternately.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"740\">The <strong data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"385\">Indian contingent<\/strong> is represented by <strong data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"459\">troops from the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)<\/strong>, while the <strong data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"496\">Kyrgyzstan contingent<\/strong> consists of <strong data-start=\"509\" data-end=\"540\">the Kyrgyz Scorpion Brigade<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"740\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To <strong data-start=\"586\" data-end=\"680\">exchange experiences and best practices in Counter-Terrorism and Special Forces Operations<\/strong> in both <strong data-start=\"689\" data-end=\"737\">urban and high-altitude mountainous terrains<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"1091\"><strong>Focus:<\/strong> The exercise focuses on <strong data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"802\">advanced Special Forces training<\/strong>, including <strong data-start=\"814\" data-end=\"896\">sniping techniques, complex building intervention, and mountain warfare skills<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"1091\">Alongside military training, the exercise will also feature <strong data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"980\">cultural exchanges<\/strong>, including the <strong data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1041\">celebration of the Kyrgyz festival Nowruz<\/strong>, fostering deeper ties between the two nations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The 12th edition of the India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise, Khanjar-XII, is being held in Kyrgyzstan from March 10 to 23, 2025. About Khanjar-XII Exercise It is a bilateral military exercise between India and Kyrgyzstan. It has been started since 2011 and both nations are hosting it alternately. The Indian contingent is represented by&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/khanjar-xii-exercise\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Khanjar-XII Exercise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":329639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872,10596],"class_list":["post-329401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-economic-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/10-March-2025-2.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}