US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss a range of bilateral issues and
Afghanistan with the Indian leadership when she arrives in New Delhi next week. 

While the specifics of Clinton's trip to India with stops in Kolkata and New Delhi are still being given a final shape, a senior Obama administration official involved in the planning said the Secretary wanted to visit India ahead of the next month's crucial meeting here, as she had not visited the country after the last year's Strategic Dialogue in New Delhi. 

After her visit to Kolkata, Clinton will travel to New Delhi for her meetings with External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, and possibly with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.