Northern Light Infantry Regiment
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The Northern Light Infantry Regiment (NLI) is a light infantry regiment in the Pakistan Army, based and currently headquartered in Gilgit, Pakistan. Along with other forces of the Pakistani military, the NLI has the primary responsibility of conducting ground operations in the interest of defending the strategically-important territory of Gilgit−Baltistan, a Pakistani-controlled region that constitutes part of Kashmir, which has been disputed between Pakistan and India since 1947. The NLI draws a majority of its recruits from native tribes present in the nearby mountainous areas who are reportedly less prone to altitude sickness and the cold temperatures that characterize high-altitude mountain warfare, allowing the regiment to conduct its duties optimally.[1][better source needed]
Northern Light Infantry Regiment | |
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Active | 1975–present (originally founded in 1913 as the Gilgit Scouts in Jammu and Kashmir, British India) |
Country | Pakistan |
Branch | Pakistan Army |
Type | Light infantry |
Role | Mountain warfare |
Size | 18 battalions |
Headquarters | Gilgit, Pakistan |
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Commanders | |
Chief of Army Staff | General Syed Asim Munir Ahmad Shah |
Colonel Commandant | Lt. Gen. Anwar Ali Haider |
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The Northern Light Infantry is best known for the extensive assistance and training it provided to the Afghan mujahideen (with backing from the CIA and ISI) during the Soviet–Afghan War.[2]