Afghan President calls up PM, condemns Uri attack

New Delhi, Sept 20 (PTI) Afghan President Ashraf Ghanitoday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and condemned the"cross border attack" in Uri while expressing solidarity withIndia to eliminate the threat of terrorism. President Ghani strongly condemned the cross-borderterror attack and conveyed Afghanistan’s solidarity andsupport with India for all actions to eliminate the threat ofterrorism, a PMO statement said. Heavily armed militants suspected to be fromPakistan-based JeM had stormed an army base in Uri in Kashmiron Sunday, killing 18 jawans. President Ghani also expressed his condolences to thefamilies of the martyred soldiers. The Prime Minister thanked President Ghani forAfghanistan’s support. PTI AKKDV