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national community’s adherence to the timelines, 
goals, and objectives set forth in the document. 
(11) The security of Afghanistan is closely 
intertwined with those of its regional neighbors and 
success in Afghanistan, both economic and political, 
will be dependent on security and stability in the re-
gion. 
(12) The recent closure of four refugee camps 
in Pakistan and the deportation of Afghans from 
Iran have resulted in over 200,000 Afghan refugees 
repatriating to Afghanistan who will require urgent 
humanitarian services. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In this Act, except as otherwise 
provided, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) of section 1 of the 
Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 
7501 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ means— 
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‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT
OF
AFGHANISTAN.—The 
term ‘Government of Afghanistan’ includes— 
‘‘(A) the government of any political sub-
division of Afghanistan; and 
‘‘(B) any agency or instrumentality of the 
Government of Afghanistan. 
‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE 
FORCE OR ISAF.—The term ‘International Security 
Assistance Force’ or ‘ISAF’ means the international 
security assistance force established to assist in the 
maintenance of security in Afghanistan pursuant to 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1386 
(2001), as amended by United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1413 (2002), 1444 (2002), 
1510 (2003), 1563 (2004), 1623 (2005), and 1707 
(2006).’’. 
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TITLE I—ECONOMIC AND DEMO-
CRATIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
AS-
SISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN 
SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 
Section 101 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 
of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7511) is amended by striking para-
graphs (4), (5), and (6) and inserting the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) While the election of a President and the 
establishment of a National Parliament for Afghani-
stan concluded the process begun in December 5, 
2001, in Bonn, Germany, the United States needs to 
continue to work with the Government of Afghani-
stan and other friendly countries to ensure that Af-
ghanistan’s neighboring countries and other coun-
tries in the region do not threaten or interfere in one 
another’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, or polit-
ical independence, including supporting diplomatic 
initiatives to support this goal for the establishment 
of an independent and neutral Afghanistan. 
‘‘(5) The United States must continue to dem-
onstrate a long-term commitment to the people of 
Afghanistan by sustained assistance and the contin-
ued deployment of United States troops in Afghani-
stan with the support of the Government of Afghani-
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stan as Afghanistan continues on its path toward a 
broad-based, multi-ethnic, gender-sensitive, and fully 
representative government in Afghanistan. 
‘‘(6) To foster stability and democratization 
and to effectively eliminate the causes of terrorism, 
the United States and the international community 
should also support efforts that advance the develop-
ment of democratic civil authorities and institutions 
in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and through-
out the Central Asia and South Asia regions. 
‘‘(7) While rampant corruption has impeded de-
velopment and economic growth in Afghanistan and 
contributed to insecurity in the country, the United 
States should support all efforts to fight corruption 
in all levels of government in Afghanistan and assist 
in promoting an efficient and effective Government 
of Afghanistan.’’. 
SEC. 102. PURPOSES OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 102 of the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act 
of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7512) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the humani-
tarian crisis’’ and inserting ‘‘the continuing humani-
tarian needs’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
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