{"id":375578,"date":"2026-11-13T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375578"},"modified":"2026-11-13T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:45:07","slug":"exercise-karakoram-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-karakoram-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Karakoram-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Exercise Karakoram-2026 exercise was China and Pakistan&#8217;s first joint-army level exercise, held in Xinjiang from 14 to 22 October 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Exercise Karakoram-2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 382px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT28iNZ62zD8PBfr5RIE0z5n9cOr8NWcW_I8-ANkGD1Yw&amp;s\" alt=\"Exercise Karakoram\" width=\"382\" height=\"214\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Organiser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exercise Karakoram-2026<\/strong> is the <strong>first joint-army level exercise<\/strong> between <strong>People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) and Pakistan Army.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It was held from 14th -22nd <strong>October 2026 <\/strong>at a training facility near <strong>Korla<\/strong>, in the <strong>Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hosted by:<\/strong> It was being hosted by <strong>China<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus:<\/strong> The focus was on <strong>challenging high-altitude operations,<\/strong> relevant to the PLA\u2019s Western Theatre Command which oversees the border with India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unlike earlier exercises<\/strong> focused on special forces and counter-terrorism, it has extended cooperation to<strong> regular land forces, enabling joint command, coordinated manoeuvres and mixed-unit operations<\/strong>, building on earlier naval, air and counter-terrorism exercises <strong>(Sea Guardian, Warrior and Shaheen series).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The Warrior series<strong> focuses on specialised and counter-terrorism operations, Shaheen covers air forces, and Sea Guardian addresses maritime cooperation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It was conducted in <strong>two phases:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Phase I: <\/strong>It involved troops from<strong> both sides practicing specialised tactics, close-quarter combat and unmanned aerial vehicle (or drone) operations. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phase II:<\/strong> It entailed <strong>joint command, mixed formations and combat teams<\/strong> undertaking counterterrorism clearance operations, joint manoeuvres and coordinated fire drills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implications for India<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Korla<\/strong> is located in <strong>Xinjiang<\/strong>, a strategically important region for<strong> China&#8217;s military operations along the Indian border. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>proximity to the Karakoram region<\/strong> and the <strong>disputed Shaksgam Valley<\/strong> adds to its importance.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pakistan <\/strong>transferred control of <strong>Shaksgam Valley to China<\/strong> under the <strong>1963 agreement<\/strong>, which India rejects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Karakoram-2026 is<strong> showcasing China-Pakistan nexus,<\/strong> therefore, compounds India\u2019s security threat on the Northern border.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Exercise Karakoram-2026 exercise was China and Pakistan&#8217;s first joint-army level exercise, held in Xinjiang from 14 to 22 October 2026. About Exercise Karakoram-2026 Exercise Karakoram-2026 is the first joint-army level exercise between People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) and Pakistan Army.\u00a0 Location: It was held from 14th -22nd October 2026 at a training facility near&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-karakoram-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise Karakoram-2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"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":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-375578","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","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375578","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=375578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}