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United States Armed Forces to continue to support 
counter-narcotics interdiction operations in Afghani-
stan, consistent with ongoing operational activities 
and the Department of Defense’s counter-narcotics 
strategy for Afghanistan. 
(2) COORDINATION.—Such operations shall be 
conducted in coordination with the Government of 
Afghanistan and in coordination with any support 
for counter-narcotics interdiction operations provided 
by the United Kingdom and other appropriate coun-
tries. 
(3) TYPES
OF
ACTIVITIES.—Such operations 
shall include— 
(A) intelligence, surveillance, and informa-
tion sharing; 
(B) logistical support, to the extent prac-
ticable in light of ongoing operational activities, 
for interdiction efforts; and 
(C) training and equipping the Afghan Na-
tional Police, consistent with existing law. 
(b) SPECIAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS INTERDICTION 
TEAMS.—The President shall enhance existing civilian 
special counter-narcotics interdiction teams and, in addi-
tion, such counter-narcotics interdiction teams shall, to 
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the extent practicable in light of ongoing operational ac-
tivities, receive the support described in subsection (a). 
(c) PARTICIPATION
OF FOREIGN COUNTER-NAR-
COTICS LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.—Counter-nar-
cotics law enforcement personnel of NATO and other 
friendly countries may participate in the formation and 
operation of the counter-narcotics interdiction teams de-
scribed in subsection (b) or other counter-narcotics oper-
ations in Afghanistan that are supported by the United 
States. 
(d) VETTING OF CANDIDATES FOR THE AFGHAN NA-
TIONAL POLICE.—The President shall ensure that assist-
ance for the Afghan National Police include vetting proce-
dures to adequately assess each Afghan National Police 
candidate’s aptitude, professional skills, integrity, and 
other qualifications that are essential to law enforcement 
work. 
SEC. 212. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO THE SECURITY OF AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States that the President shall encourage the Gov-
ernments of Pakistan and friendly Arab countries to in-
crease reconstruction assistance to, and diplomatic sup-
port for, the Government of Afghanistan. 
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(b) PAKISTAN
AND AFGHANISTAN MILITARY CO-
OPERATION.—The President shall encourage the Govern-
ments of Pakistan and Afghanistan to engage in greater 
military cooperation to promote greater trust and trans-
parency between them, including greater communication 
and coordination between their respective military, border 
security, and counter-narcotic units operating on both 
sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and every six months there-
after until September 30, 2008, the President shall trans-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on the implementation of subsections (a) and (b). The re-
port required by this subsection may be included in the 
report required by section 304 of the Afghanistan Free-
dom Support Act of 2002 (as amended by section 302 of 
this Act). 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-
priate congressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
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SEC. 213. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE-
PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF-
GHANISTAN. 
Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 550. TRAINING FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES THAT ARE TO BE DE-
PLOYED FOR SECURITY OPERATIONS IN AF-
GHANISTAN. 
‘‘(a) TRAINING AUTHORIZED.—The President is au-
thorized to furnish training under this chapter for military 
personnel of foreign countries that are to be deployed for 
security operations in Afghanistan, particularly in the 
areas of special operations, counter-insurgency, border se-
curity, counter-terrorism, and counter-narcotics. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this section, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the President $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2008 through 2010. Amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated under this subsection are in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes.’’. 
SEC. 214. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR WAR VICTIMS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the President should be commended for and 
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