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US, India hold wargames

AFP, Agra
Special forces troops from the United States and India Saturday took part in their first wargames in 39 years, marking a milestone in military cooperation between the world's two largest democracies, officials said.
Army commanders said earlier the military manoeuvres would be held in the backyard of the Taj Mahal and continue for two weeks in a facility where India's military trains its elite para commandos.
On Saturday the exercises were kept under wraps, with officials refusing to divulge details.
"The only thing that nags us is whether these American troops can withstand the arid conditions of the exercise theatre," an Indian official said. Temperatures are currently rising to 44 degrees Celsius (111.2 Fahrenheit) in India's parched northern plains.
In New Delhi, US Embassy spokesman Gordon Duguid said the exercises reflected a growing military cooperation.
"This is the largest army exercise ever to take place between US and India and it will involve up to 200 special operations forces from the US Pacific Command who will hold exercises with Indian paratroopers over two weeks in joint jumps and small arms fire," Duguid
said.
"The exercises are taking place in the framework of our ongoing military-to-military relationship and it will be the first of a regular series of exercises," he added.
The last Indo-US exercises were held a year after India fought a brief but bitter border war with China in 1962.
Indian military commanders in Agra, 200 kilometres (120 miles) south from New Delhi, said the airforce-backed exercise would provide a unique opportunity for both sides to learn new procedures.
"Such joint manoeuvres are aimed at developing better understanding of equipment and exchange of experiences, procedures as well as human relations," a senior commander said.
"With the changing scenario internationally, such exercises have their own importance," he added.
India extended its support to the US-lead coalition against terrorism and offered some of its military facilities after Washington launched military operations in October against Afghanistan's Taliban Islamic militia.
India has held military manoeuvres with Britain, France and Japan in recent years, besides conducting anti-piracy sea patrols off the Malacca Straits between Indonesia and Malaysia with the US navy.