BEIJING (AFP) -- China and India wrapped up their first-ever joint military exercises with a drill in which they ""wiped out"" a group of supposed terrorists along their border, state press reported.

In the mock scenario, 56 members of an unnamed international terrorist organization had taken hostages after establishing a training base along the two nations' border, according to the Xinhua news agency.
""The finale maneuver involved establishing a joint command post... before wiping out a group of 'terrorists' and rescuing 'hostages',"" Xinhua said.
The three-hour drill was the culmination of five days of exercises between about 100 troops from each of the two nations' militaries in southwest China's Yunnan province, which borders India.
Chinese officials had initially said the exercises were meant to last for nine days. However the Xinhua report said they were only a five-day operation, without giving a reason for the different time frame.
""This is a momentous occasion for us,"" the report quoted Lieutenant General Susheel Gupta, deputy chief of India's Army Staff, saying.
""This first-ever joint training shows our resolve to fight against terrorism and ensure peace for the entire world.""
Calling the military ties between the two nations ""a very important aspect"" of diplomatic relations, Gupta said the two armies were likely to carry out more joint exercises in future, but did not elaborate.
China and India fought a brief war 45 years ago over rival claims to Himalayan territory in a dispute that has still not been resolved.
India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometers (14,670 square miles) of its territory, while Beijing claims the whole of the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which is 90,000 square kilometers.
Nevertheless China and India have enjoyed a thaw in relations in recent years, and the military exercises have been characterized by both sides as a sign of the warming ties.
Follow-up joint military exercises are expected to be held in India, officials of the country said previously.