Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan and Pakistan will conduct joint military exercise and training on counter-terrorism this year, China’s Defense Ministry said Thursday.

“We will organize several joint exercises and trainings within a multilateral framework such as China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan,” said Senior Colonel Wu Qin, a spokesman for China’s Defense Ministry as quoted by APP. 

China’s Ministry of Defense has not commented on the location and time of the military exercise.

Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan has not commented on the report so far.