Overview
- U.S. Central Command said American and Pakistani soldiers finished Exercise Inspired Gambit at Pakistan’s National Counter-Terrorism Center in Pabbi this week.
- The training focused on combined infantry skills and counterterrorism operations, with reporting placing the drill from January 8 to 16.
- Daily Times reported that Washington approved about $686 million in upgrades for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet in December.
- President Donald Trump has lauded army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and again claimed he helped halt a wider India–Pakistan war, according to public remarks cited in the coverage.
- Indian Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized New Delhi’s diplomacy after the drill, pointing to earlier U.S. praise for Pakistan’s counterterrorism role.