Ministers from more than 70 countries, including Afghanistan, gathered in Paris to discuss ways to combat financing for Daesh and al-Qaida at an international conference.

The initiative was launched by French President Emmanuel Macron to coordinate efforts to reduce the terror threat in the long term.

The Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak attended the conference on behalf of Afghanistan where he talked about fighting against terrorism and eradicating their financial resources in the country and in the region, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.

Afghanistan Ambassador in Paris Abdullah Sediqi and Amanuddin Mubariz, director of foreign relations of the Ministry of Interior also attended the conference, the statement added.

This comes after dozens of people were killed in an attack, claimed by Daesh, targeting a voter registration center in Kabul. 

A string of attacks has killed 245 people in France since January 2015 and dozens of others have been thwarted, Associated Press reported. 

The French organizers noted that Daesh military defeats on the ground don't prevent the group from pursuing its activities, along with al-Qaida -especially in unstable regions of Afghanistan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Yemen, Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa, the report said. 

Thursday's meeting gathers ministers of justice, finance, foreign affairs and the interior from Western countries, the Arab world and other nations as well as representatives of 18 international organizations.