The India-U.S joint exercise in conducting coordinated operations in urban counter terrorism contingencies concluded in Kolkata on May 15.
- The 7th edition of the Indo-U.S. joint counter terrorism exercise ”Tarkash”, between the National Security Guard (NSG) and the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) commenced on April 22.
- The three-week exercise encompassed intense training and mock drills in urban counter terrorism scenarios.
- The previous edition of the exercise was conducted at Chennai in January 2023.
- The NSG and the SOF conduct regular exchanges in various aspects of the counter terrorist operations, as part of bilateral mutual counter terrorism capacity building initiatives and mechanism.
