GUWAHATI: Army personnel of India and Bangladesh, Asia's two of the most frequent witnesses to terror strikes, will engage in a joint counter-terrorist training exercise at India's Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram and at the Joint Training Node at Umroi in Meghalaya from next week. "It also aims to enhance interoperability between the two nations and enrich from each other's experience while carrying out counter-insurgency or counter-terrorism operations," the PRO said. The previous edition was held at Tangail in Dhaka last year.This edition has two district components which include Command Post Exercise (CPX) and Field Training Exercise (FTX). The CPX will be conducted at Umroi over six days from November 6 to 11 whereas FTX will be conducted at Vairengte for 13 days from November 6 to 18. "There will be 20 officers each from both the armies in the CPX as part of brigade and battalion command posts.

Source: Times of India November 03, 2017 12:56 UTC