<span style="color: #222222;">Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for extending COVID-19 related assistance and for hosting SAARC leaders' meeting for coordinated efforts in the region.<br />''<br />''The Afghan President said this today during the virtual meeting which was called by him to discuss host of issues including building a regional and global consensus on peace talks with Taliban.<br />''<br />''The meeting was also attended by representatives from 20 other Countries and international organisations including the United Nations.<br />''<br />''During the meeting, issues concerning Afghan peace and reconciliation process and support of the regional partners for an independent, unified, democratic and sovereign Afghanistan were discussed.<br />''<br />''India, one of the largest development partners of Afghanistan, with commitment of more than 3 billion US dollars , reiterated the importance of an inclusive, Afghan'led, Afghan'owned and Afghan ' controlled peace and reconciliation process.</span><br />