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The Congress connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) took a swipe astatine the Modi authorities and said the joint grooming workout by American and Pakistani troops was "yet different stroke to the self-proclaimed Vishwaguru's self-boastful diplomacy".
U.S. and Pakistani troops concluded a associated grooming astatine the National Counter-Terrorism Centre successful Pabbi during the exercise, 'Inspired Gambit 2026'.
Reacting to the development, Congress wide secretary, in-charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh said, "In yet different stroke to the self-proclaimed Vishwaguru's self-boastful diplomacy, the US Central Command has conscionable issued a connection saying that US and Pakistani Army soldiers person completed associated grooming exercises..." In June 2025 the-then Chief of the US Central Command General Michael Kunilla had hailed Pakistan arsenic a "phenomenal partner" successful counter-terrorism, Ramesh said.
"President Trump himself has repeatedly expressed his heavy admiration for Field Marshal Asim Munir, whose inflammatory and communally provocative remarks had provided the contiguous backdrop to the Pakistan-orchestrated panic attacks successful Pahalgam connected April 22, 2025," Mr. Ramesh said connected X.
"Just yesterday, President Trump reiterated that helium had intervened to person Operation Sindoor halted connected May 10, 2025," helium added.
Training exercises specified arsenic this, betwixt the US and Pakistan, fortify long-standing defence ties of the 2 countries, Dawn reported connected Saturday (January 17, 2026), quoting a connection issued by the U.S. Central Command (Centcom).
The associated workout concluded this week focused connected combined infantry skills and tactics, and counterterrorism operations, the connection added.
The workout held betwixt January 8-16 comes amid broader signs of re-engagement betwixt the 2 defence establishments, the study said.
