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Under the agreement, local tribesmen in North
Waziristan agreed to halt cross-border movement of
pro-Taliban insurgents from the North Waziristan
area to Afghanistan and to remove all foreigners who
do not respect the peace and abide by the agreement.
(3) In late September 2006, United States mili-
tary officials in Kabul, Afghanistan, reported two-
fold, and in cases three-fold, increases in the number
of cross-border attacks along the Afghanistan border
with Pakistan in the weeks following the signing of
the agreement referred to in paragraph (2).
(4) On February 13, 2007, Lieutenant General
Karl W. Eikenberry, the former commanding general
of Combined Forces Command—Afghanistan, stated
in a written statement to the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives that ‘‘Al
Qaeda and Taliban leadership presence inside Paki-
stan remains a significant problem that must be sat-
isfactorily addressed if we are to prevail in Afghani-
stan and if we are to defeat the global threat posed
by international terrorism’’.
(5) On February 27, 2007, John McConnell, the
Director of National Intelligence, stated in a written
statement to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate that ‘‘[e]liminating the safehaven that the
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Taliban and other extremists have found in Paki-
stan’s tribal areas is not sufficient to end the insur-
gency in Afghanistan but it is necessary’’.
(b) STRATEGY RELATING TO PAKISTAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report describing the long-term strategy of the United
States to engage with the Government of Pakistan—
(A) to prevent the movement of Taliban, Al
Qaeda, and other violent extremist forces across
the border of Pakistan into Afghanistan; and
(B) to eliminate safe havens for such forces
on the national territory of Pakistan.
(2) FORM.—The report shall be submitted in un-
classified form, but may include a classified annex.
(c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE COALITION SUPPORT FUNDS FOR PAKISTAN.—
(1) LIMITATION.—For fiscal years 2008 and
2009, the Government of Pakistan may not be reim-
bursed in any fiscal year quarter for the provision to
the United States of logistical, military, or other sup-
port utilizing funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by an Act making supplemental appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2007 for operations in Iraq and
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Afghanistan, or any other Act, for the purpose of
making payments to reimburse key cooperating na-
tions for the provision to the United States of such
support unless the President certifies to the congres-
sional defense committees for such fiscal year quarter
that the Government of Pakistan is making substan-
tial and sustained efforts to eliminate safe havens for
the Taliban, Al Qaeda and other violent extremists in
areas under its sovereign control, including in the cit-
ies of Quetta and Chaman and in the Northwest
Frontier Province and the Federally Administered
Tribal Areas.
(2) CONTENT OF CERTIFICATION.—Each certifi-
cation submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a
detailed description of the efforts made by the Govern-
ment of Pakistan to eliminate safe havens for the
Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other violent extremists in
areas under its sovereign control.
(3) FORM.—Each certification submitted under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex.
(4) WAIVER.—The President may waive the lim-
itation on reimbursements under paragraph (1) for a
fiscal year quarter if the President determines and
certifies to the congressional defense committees that
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it is important to the national security interest of the
United States to do so.
SEC. 1233. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF UPDATE ON REPORT
ON CLAIMS RELATING TO THE BOMBING OF
THE LABELLE DISCOTHEQUE.
Section 1225(b)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119
Stat. 3465) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than one year
after enactment of this Act,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than
each of January 6, 2007, and January 7, 2008,’’.
SEC. 1234. REPORT ON PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION
OF UNITED STATES ENGAGEMENT AND POL-
ICY TOWARD DARFUR.
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
policy of the United States to address the crisis in Darfur,
in eastern Chad, and in north-eastern Central African Re-
public, and on the contributions of the Department of De-
fense and the Department of State to the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO), the United Nations, and the
African Union in support of the current African Union
Mission in Sudan (AMIS) or any covered United Nations
mission.