{"id":11242,"date":"2026-04-16T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnp.com.pk\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:54:19","slug":"pakistan-turkiye-joint-exercise-jinnah-xiii-concludes-with-focus-on-counterterrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/pakistan-turkiye-joint-exercise-jinnah-xiii-concludes-with-focus-on-counterterrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2013T\u00fcrkiye Joint Exercise Jinnah-XIII concludes with focus on counterterrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI, Thursday, April 16, 2026 (WNP): The Pakistan\u2013T\u00fcrkiye Joint Commando and Special Forces Exercise <em>Jinnah-XIII<\/em> has been successfully conducted in T\u00fcrkiye, with a focus on enhancing counterterrorism capabilities, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Combat teams from the Pakistan Army participated alongside their Turkish counterparts, with training activities held in Ankara and Isparta.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to ISPR, the exercise successfully achieved all its training and military diplomacy objectives, with troops from both countries demonstrating high standards of professionalism and operational excellence throughout the drills.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The primary aim of the exercise was to refine procedures, drills, and techniques related to counterterrorism operations. Special emphasis was laid on combat in built-up areas and countering improvised explosive devices (IEDs) through integrated and coordinated training.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise also served to further strengthen longstanding and historic military-to-military relations between Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye, reinforcing cooperation between the armed forces of the two friendly countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI, Thursday, April 16, 2026 (WNP): The Pakistan\u2013T\u00fcrkiye Joint Commando and Special Forces Exercise Jinnah-XIII has been successfully conducted in T\u00fcrkiye, with a focus on enhancing counterterrorism capabilities, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. Combat teams from the Pakistan Army participated alongside their Turkish counterparts, with training activities held in Ankara and Isparta. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,65,54,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","category-diplomatic-missions","category-foreign-missions","category-middle-east","category-national","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}