About Exercise KAZIND-2023:
- It is the 7th edition of Kazind exercise.
- The Joint Exercise between India and Kazakhstan was instituted as ‘Exercise PRABAL DOSTYK’ in the year 2016.
- After the second edition, the Exercise was upgraded to a company-level exercise and renamed as ‘Exercise KAZIND’.
- The Exercise has been further upgraded as a Bi-service Exercise this year by including the Air Force component.
- In this edition of the Exercise, both sides will practise conduct of Counter Terrorism operations in a sub-conventional environment under United Nations mandate.
- The contingents will jointly rehearse various tactical drills to include Raid, Search and Destroy Operations, Small Team Insertion and Extraction operations, etc.
- The scope of the Exercise also includes conduct of Counter Unmanned Aerial System Operations.
- Significance
- ‘It will provide an opportunity for both sides to gain insight into the tactics, battle drills, and procedures of each other, which is a prerequisite while operating under the ambit of the United Nations.
- The joint training will develop the necessary skills, resilience, and coordination to conduct joint military operations in Semi-Urban and Urban environments.
- Both sides will get a chance to practise drills on a wide spectrum of combat skills and mutually learn from each other.
- The exercise will provide an opportunity for the contingents to exchange views and share best practices.
