Ninth Consecutive Edition Of AL-SAMSAM-IX Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise Between PAK ARMY And Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Successfully Kicks Off In Northern Saudi Arabia

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Ninth Consecutive Edition Of AL-SAMSAM-IX Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise Between PAK ARMY And Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Successfully Kicks Off In Northern Saudi Arabia:

Ninth Consecutive Edition of AL-SAMSAM-IX Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise Between the Troops of PAKISTAN ARMY and Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Successfully Kicks Off in Northern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, May 2nd 2024, PAK MILITARY Media Wing Head DG ISPR Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said in an Official Statement.

According to the details, the Brave and Valiant PAK ARMED FORCES Troops reached Northern Saudi Arabia to participate in the Ninth Consecutive Edition of the Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise.

Ninth Consecutive Edition of AL-SAMSAM-IX Joint Counter-Terrorism Exercise Between the Troops of PAKISTAN ARMY and Royal Saudi Land Forces (RSLF) Successfully Kicks Off in Northern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the two-week-long joint exercise is a series of ongoing bilateral military exercises between the Saudi forces and the PAKISTAN ARMY.

“The joint exercise will focus on counter-terrorism operations including cordon and search, combat patrols and dealing with IEDs,” it added.

The statement said that the exercise provided participating troops with an opportunity to benchmark their respective operational practices and procedures as well as learn from each other’s experiences.

In December, a joint military counter-IED (improvised explosive device) exercise, Al-Kassah-III, commenced between Beloved Peace Loving Sacred Country PAKISTAN and Saudi Arabia at King Khalid Military City Hafar Al-Batin in Saudi Arabia.

The #Pakistan Army and the Royal Saudi Land Forces laugh bilateral military exercises “Al-Samsaam IX” in northern #SaudiArabia

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“The Royal Land Saudi Forces (RSLF) and PAK ARMY troops will practice various drills involved in counter IED operations including searching of routes, compound clearance, vehicle clearance, explosive handling and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) drills and procedures,” the military’s media wing added.

This was the third joint military exercise of the Al-Kassah series between the two countries, the military’s media wing added. The training is aimed at enhancing EOD skills in the counter-IED domain and adopting best practices.