Afghan president meets U.S. congressional delegation

fghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with a visiting U.S. congressional delegation, the Presidential Palace or Arg said in a statement on Monday.

"Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, met with a U.S. congressional delegation headed by Ileana Ros--Lehtinen, Chairman emeritus of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and current Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa in Arg," the statement said.

During the meeting the two sides discussed the situation of Afghanistan and the region and exchanged views on ways to further expand bilateral cooperation in different areas including counter--terrorism.

Representative Ileana Ros--Lehtinen said at the meeting that President Barack Obama's recent decision on sustaining U.S. support for Afghanistan helps both Afghanistan and the U.S. fight terrorism as common threat and reach the shared goals that underlie the interests of both nations, according the statement.

There is no good or bad terrorism and that this ominous phenomenon should be fought comprehensively, president Ghani said during the meeting.

The Afghan leader also told the delegation that "Afghanistan will turn into a regional hub where roads, railways, pipelines, fiber and electricity networks connect South and Central Asia and to this end work on the project to transfer electricity from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan and South Asia is ongoing,"

The delegation told Ghani that "we are proud of our partnership with and commitment to Afghanistan and we will remain with the people of Afghanistan."

"The congressional delegation also included Representative French Hill, Representative Donald Norcross and Representative Ted Yoho," according to the statement. Enditem