Washington, June 09: Terrorism is understood to have figured prominently at a meeting Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani had with US Attorney-General John Ashcroft over a working luncheon at the Justice Department here today. Advani, according to officials, appreciated the gesture by Ashcroft, who was in fact his host during his last visit to the US. India and United States are battling terrorism--India in Kashmir and the Northeast, backed by an ally of the US in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan. Both the countries are also trying to choke terrorist funding through banks, hawalas, front businesses and other ways. Bureau Report