{"id":355411,"date":"2026-02-05T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=355411"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:07:39","slug":"exercise-khanjar-xiii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-khanjar-xiii\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise KHANJAR XIII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>N<\/strong><strong>ews: <\/strong>The thirteenth edition of Exercise KHANJAR has begun at Misamari in Assam, involving Special Forces from India and Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise KHANJAR XIII<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_355413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-355413\" style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-355413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-AIR.jpg?resize=380%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise KHANJAR XIII\" width=\"380\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-AIR.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-AIR.jpg?resize=768%2C502&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Source-AIR.jpg?w=889&amp;ssl=1 889w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-355413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; AIR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Exercise KHANJAR XIII is a <strong>joint military exercise<\/strong> conducted <strong>between India and Kyrgyzstan <\/strong>to enhance Special Forces cooperation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>First edition: <\/strong>India and Kyrgyzstan have been conducting this exercise <strong>annually since 2011 <\/strong>with <strong>venues alternating between both countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Held at<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The exercise is being held <strong>at Misamari in the Sonitpur district of Assam<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The objective is to enhance interoperability for joint operations in <strong>urban warfare and counter-terrorism under a United Nations mandate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Participating forces: <\/strong><strong>India<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s elite Parachute Regiment <\/strong>and <strong>Kyrgyzstan<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s Scorpion Brigade<\/strong> are participating in the exercise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The forces will practice sniping, room intervention, and building clearance operations.<\/li>\n<li>Training will also include mountain craft and specialized counter-terrorism drills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The thirteenth edition of Exercise KHANJAR has begun at Misamari in Assam, involving Special Forces from India and Kyrgyzstan. About Exercise KHANJAR XIII Exercise KHANJAR XIII is a joint military exercise conducted between India and Kyrgyzstan to enhance Special Forces cooperation. First edition: India and Kyrgyzstan have been conducting this exercise annually since 2011&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-khanjar-xiii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise KHANJAR XIII<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,164,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-355411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355411","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}