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local police forces, the Afghan National Army, and 
Afghan counter-narcotics operations. 
(7) The United States and the international 
community must also continue to support the growth 
of the Afghan economy through foreign assistance 
and other means because Afghanistan remains one 
of the poorest countries in the world and economic 
growth is impeded by the lingering remnants of 25 
years of civil war and occupation and the ongoing in-
stability since December 2001, including the growing 
illicit drug economy. 
(8) The United States and the international 
community must also continue to show a long-term 
commitment to support the promotion of democracy 
and the protection of human rights in Afghanistan, 
including increased assistance for the rule of law, 
freedom of the press, freedom of association, free-
dom of religion, and other measures of good govern-
ance. 
(9) From January 31 to February 1, 2006, the 
Government of Afghanistan and the international 
community issued the Afghanistan Compact, which 
sets forth both the international community’s com-
mitment to Afghanistan and Afghanistan’s commit-
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ment to state-building and reform over the next five 
years. 
(10) The Afghanistan Compact, which is sup-
ported by the Afghan National Development Strat-
egy, provides the core framework for building an ef-
fective, accountable state in Afghanistan, with goals 
and standards set forth in the Afghanistan Compact 
for improvements in security, governance, and devel-
opment, including measures for reducing the nar-
cotics economy, promoting regional cooperation, and 
making aid more effective, particularly at the local 
and provincial levels. The Afghanistan Compact also 
established a mechanism to monitor Afghanistan 
and the international community’s adherence to the 
timelines, goals, and objectives set forth in the docu-
ment. 
(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 
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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— 
‘‘(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 
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