New Delhi, September 16, SPA -- Special forces from Britain and India are scheduled to begin a joint exercise on Monday during which they will train to combat a guerrilla-like enemy in a region with similar rugged terrain as Afghanistan, officials and news reports said. The 24-day exercise in the high-altitude Ladakh region in northern India, has been codenamed Himalayan Warrior, the Indian army said in a statement. The British army, which is part of the coalition forces battlingthe Taliban militia in Afghanistan, had requested that the maneuvers be held in Ladakh, unnamed Indian defense officials were quoted as saying by The Press Trust of India.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/483157