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Pakistani and US navies to hold joint exercises
Sep 1, 2006, 14:22 GMT
Islamabad - The Pakistan Navy announced Friday that it would conduct joint exercises with the US Navy in the Arabian Sea for two weeks, beginning Monday.
An Agosta 90-B submarine and three surface ships of the Pakistan Navy and a similar number of US ships and the aircraft carrier Enterprise are to participate, the announcement said.
It said the purpose was to gain experience in advanced maritime interdiction operations to counter terrorism.
Pakistan is a key ally of the United States in its global war on terrorism, and it recently relinquished the command of the naval task force of the anti-terrorism coalition in the area.
© 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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