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Pakistan, U.S. navy to stage exercises next week

Pakistani and the United States Navy will stage a three-day joint exercises next week, according to a statement issued by Pakistan Navy on Friday. The exercises, code-named "Inspired Union 06", will begin on Sept. 4 and continue through Sept. 6 in the Northern Arabian Sea, the statement said.

"The purpose of the exercise is to advance maritime interdiction operations, counter terrorism and other wide rang of professional exercises," it said, adding that the exercise would be conducted in 3 phases.

However, the statement did not mention the exact number of the troops from both sides involved in the drills.

Last April, Pakistani and the U.S. troops had also undertaken a joint exercises code-named "Inspired venture/gambit-05" in Cherat, south of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier province.

Source: Xinhua

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