China, India end historic military exercises: official media

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2007

BEIJING (AFP) — China and India wrapped up their first-ever joint military exercises on Tuesday with a drill in which they "wiped out" a group of supposed terrorists along their border, state press reported.

In the mock scenario, 56 members of an unnamed international terrorist organisation had taken hostages after establishing a training base along the two nations' border, according to the Xinhua news agency.

"The finale manoeuvre involved establishing a joint command post... before wiping out a group of 'terrorists' and rescuing 'hostages'," Xinhua said.

The three-hour drill was the culmination of five days of exercises between about 100 troops from each of the two nations' militaries in southwest China's Yunnan province, which borders India.

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