{"id":48466,"date":"2026-04-20T12:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48466"},"modified":"2026-04-20T12:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:04:30","slug":"pakistan-egypt-successfully-conclude-thunder-ii-counterterrorism-exercise-at-cherat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=48466","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Egypt successfully conclude Thunder-II counterterrorism exercise at Cherat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan and Egypt successfully concluded a joint counterterrorism exercise, \u201cThunder-II\u201d, held at Cherat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military\u2019s media wing said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the two-week exercise was \u201cdesigned to enhance interoperability by refining drills, procedures, and techniques related to counterterrorism operations through joint training\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Combat teams from the Pakistan Army\u2019s Special Services Group (SSG) and the Egyptian Special Forces participated in the exercise, \u201cdemonstrating exceptional professionalism and operational skill throughout\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan-Egypt Joint Exercise Thunder-II, focused on counterterrorism operations, was successfully conducted at Cherat@OfficialDGISPR #News #RadioPakistan https:\/\/t.co\/X2bkieoz92 pic.twitter.com\/OJQCW3WWY0<br \/>\n\u2014 Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) April 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The closing ceremony was attended by the General Officer Commanding Special Services Group as the chief guest, while Commander Egyptian Paratroopers Major General Mohamed Saad Abdel Razik and Egypt\u2019s defence attach\u00e9 also witnessed the event.<\/p>\n<p>The ISPR said the exercise \u201cserved to further strengthen the longstanding and historic military-to-military relations between the two friendly nations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and Egypt commenced the\u00a0joint exercise on April 6 at the Special Operations School in Cherat, the ISPR had said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s armed forces regularly conduct joint exercises with foreign militaries to exchange professional expertise and strengthen combat readiness.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the Pakistan and US armies also conducted a joint military\u00a0exercise titled &#8216;Inspired Gambit\u20132026&#8217; aimed at enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation between the two forces.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and Egypt successfully concluded a joint counterterrorism exercise, \u201cThunder-II\u201d, held at Cherat in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military\u2019s media wing said on Monday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the two-week exercise was \u201cdesigned to enhance interoperability by refining drills, procedures, and techniques related to counterterrorism operations through joint training\u201d. Combat teams from the Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}