Afghanistan, Oct. 24 -- India and Uzbekistan have agreed to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation through intelligence sharing, capacity building and closer coordination between security agencies following their latest bilateral talks in New Delhi.

The agreement was reached during the 10th meeting of the India-Uzbekistan Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism on October 22, according to India's Ministry of External Affairs. The discussions focused on terrorist threats in the two countries' regions and emerging challenges to national and regional security.

Both sides discussed ways to counter extremism and radicalisation, prevent terrorist financing and stop the misuse of technology for terrorist activities. They also examined links be...