Exercise KAZIND:
The 8th edition of Exercise KAZIND is scheduled to be conducted from 30th September to 13th October 2024 at Surya Foreign Training Node, Auli, Uttarakhand.
- Exercise KAZIND is a joint military Exercise held every year between India and Kazakhstan.
- The Indian Armed Forces, comprising 120 personnel, are being represented by a battalion of the KUMAON Regiment of Indian Army, along with other arms and services, as well as personnel from the Indian Air Force.
- The Kazakhstan contingent will be represented mainly by personnel from Land Forces and Air Borne Assault Troopers.
- Aim is to enhance the joint military capability of both sides to undertake counter-terrorism operations in a sub-conventional scenario under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter.
- It will focus on operations in the semi-urban and mountainous terrain. Objectives to be achieved from the Joint Exercise are a high degree of physical fitness, rehearsing and refining drills for operations at the tactical level and sharing of best practices.
- Tactical drills to be rehearsed during the Joint Exercise include joint response to terrorist action, establishment of a Joint Command Post, establishment of an Intelligence and Surveillance Centre
- Joint Exercise KAZIND-2024 will enable both sides to share best practices in tactics, techniques and procedures of conducting joint operations.
- It will facilitate the development of inter-operability, bonhomie and camaraderie between the two armies. The Joint Exercise will also enhance defence cooperation, further augmenting bilateral relations between the two friendly nations.
