Monday, May 2, 2011

The Pakistan Military Academy (also known as PMA or Kakul)


The Pakistan Military Academy (also known as PMA or Kakul (Urdu: پاکستان فوجی درسگاہ; Pakestan Fewja Dersegah) is a four-year coeducational federal service military academy. It is located at Kakul near Abbottabad in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Pakistan Military Academy is similar in function to Sandhurst, Saint-Cyr, and West Point, and provides training to the officers of Pakistan Army. The academy has three training battalions and 12 companies. Another 2,000 guests each year, from over 34 countries, receive some training at PMA.
On May 1, 2011, Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs, in his compound less than 1 kilometer from the Pakistan Military Academy
 
Rahimuudin Khan was PMA's first cadet
 Cadets at Kakul Academy
General Ashfaq Parveez Kiyani Adresing a prade at Kakul Academy Abotabad

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