Exercise KAZIND 2024:
The 8th edition of the India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND-2024, commenced in Uttarakhand and is being held from 30th September to 13th October 2024.
- The Exercise between India and Kazakhstan was initiated as ‘Exercise PRABAL DOSTYK’ in 2016.
- After the second edition, it was upgraded to a company-level exercise and renamed ‘Exercise KAZIND’.
- The exercise aims to enhance joint military capabilities for counter-terrorism operations in semi-urban and mountainous terrain, focusing on physical fitness, tactical drills, and sharing of best practices under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
- Chapter VII includes action with respect to threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression.
