A closing ceremony of the Pakistan-Turkey joint military exercise “ATATURK-XI 2021” was held at Terbela on Saturday. 

Troops from the Turkish Special Forces and Pakistan’s Special Service Group (SSG) participated in the exercise. Three weeks long exercise focused on counterterrorism operations including cordon and search techniques, built-up area clearance drills with combat aviation support and hostage rescue. Free fall by para troopers and martial arts were also practiced during the training .

Training and Evaluation Inspector General Lieutenant General Syed Muhammad Adnan witnessed the closing ceremony as chief guest. A high level military delegation from Turkey headed by Major General Emre Tayanc also attended the closing ceremony.