Modi holds bilateral talks with Afghan President Ghani

New Delhi, Oct 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday held bilateral talks and discussed matters related to taking steps to end "menace of terrorism". According to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs, both the leaders held discussions on wide range of regional and global issues. Both the leaders "expressed firm resolve to end menace of terrorism" in the region, source said. Mr Ghani is in Indian capital on the invitation of Mr Modi. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval had visited Kabul on October 16 and had extended the invitation on behalf of Mr Modi. "The visit will build upon the recent high-level bilateral exchanges between the two countries, including the recent visits of Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of Afghanistan on September 27-29 and that of the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani on September 10-11," a MEA statement said here. UNI