Pak to launch war games

Pakistan’s military will on Saturday launch war games, allowing thousands of troops to road test new tactics near its eastern border with India.

Pakistan’s military will on Saturday launch war games, allowing thousands of troops to road test new tactics near its eastern border with India.

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“The exercise is aimed at validating and refining newly evolved doctrines,” the head of the army’s military training directorate, Muzammil Hussain, said.

The “Azm-e-Nau-3” or New Resolve exercise will mobilise 20,000 troops in the beginning, rising to 40,000 to 50,000 towards the end, he said.

The exercises will involve all branches of the military, including the air force, and will focus on the possibility of “conventional war on the country’s eastern border,” Hussain said.