New York, NY: According to the State Department, India and the United States are stepping up cooperation in the fight against terrorism by announcing that they will share more information on terrorist threats and consult on potential terror threats from Afghanistan, where the Taliban has taken control.

This week in Washington, Mahaveer Singhvi, the External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, and John T. Godfrey, the State Department Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism, led a meeting of the US-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group and the US-India Designations Dialogue, which were led by Mahaveer Singhvi, the External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary for Counter-Terrorism, and John T. Godfrey, the State Department Acting Coordinator for Counter

"Both sides pledged to expand law enforcement cooperation, information sharing, exchanging best practises, and increasing strategic convergence on counter-terrorism challenges," the State Department said on Thursday, following the two-day meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. According to the Department, they were "committed to continuing close consultations on developments in Afghanistan and potential terrorist threats emanating from there." In accordance with a UN Security Council resolution, they "called on the Taliban to ensure Afghan territory is never again used to threaten or attack any country, shelter or train terrorists, or plan or finance terrorist attacks," according to the statement.

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