Sec. 1225. Semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in Afghanistan
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The Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on a semiannual basis a report on building and sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces
(ANSF)and enhancing security and stability in Afghanistan. A report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted not later than June 15 each year, for the 6-month period ending on May 31 of such year, and not later than December 15 each year, for the 6-month period ending on November 30 of such year. No report is required to be submitted under paragraph
(1)after the report required to be submitted on December 15, 2017. Each report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Each report required under subsection
(a)shall include the following: A detailed description of— the strategy and objectives of any post-2014 United States mission and any mission agreed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to train, advise, and assist the ANSF or to conduct counterterrorism operations; and indicators of effectiveness as developed by the Secretary or NATO, as appropriate, in the assessment of any such United States train, advise, and assist mission and of any such train, advise, and assist mission agreed by NATO, including efforts to build the counterterrorism capabilities of the ANSF. An assessment of the current security conditions in Afghanistan and the security conditions anticipated in Afghanistan during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the submittal of such report, including with respect to threats from terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and the Haqqani Network. A description of— the size and force structure of the ANSF, including the Afghanistan National Army (ANA), the Afghanistan National Police (ANP), the Afghan Border Police, the Afghan Local Police, and such other major force components of the ANSF as the Secretary considers appropriate; the rationale for any changes in the overall end strength or the mix of force structure for the ANSF during the period covered by such report; levels of recruitment, retention, and attrition within the ANSF, in the aggregate and by force component; personnel end strength within the Afghanistan Ministry of Defense and the Afghanistan Ministry of Security; the strategy and budget of the ANSF; and a description of the activities of the ANSF during the period covered by the report. An assessment whether the size, structure, capabilities, and strategy of the ANSF are sufficient to provide security in light of the current security conditions in Afghanistan and the security conditions anticipated in Afghanistan during the 24-month period beginning on the date of the submittal of such report. Such assessment should describe the risks and trade-offs the ANSF are making and any gaps in the capacity and capabilities of the ANSF. A description of programs to achieve key mission enabling capabilities within the ANSF, including any major milestones and timelines, and the end states intended to be achieved by such programs, including for the following: Security institution capacity building. Special operations forces and their key enablers. Intelligence. Logistics. Maintenance. Air forces. Metrics, as developed by the Commander of United States forces in Afghanistan, for monitoring and evaluating the performance of such programs in achieving the intended outcomes of such programs. A description of— any plan agreed by the United States, the international community, and the Government of Afghanistan to fund and sustain the ANSF that serves as current guidance on such matters during the period covered by such report, including a description of whether such plan differs from— in the case of the first report submitted under subsection (a), commitments undertaken at the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago and the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework; or in the case of any other report submitted under subsection (a), such plan as set forth in the previous report submitted under subsection (a); the Afghan Security Forces Fund financing plan through 2017; contributions by the international community to sustaining the ANSF during the period covered by such report; contributions by the Government of Afghanistan to sustaining the ANSF during the period covered by such report; and efforts to ensure that the Government of Afghanistan can assume an increasing financial responsibility for sustaining the ANSF consistent with its commitments at the Chicago Summit and the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. Section 1230 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ) is repealed.
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Sec. 1225
Semiannual report on enhancing security and stability in Afghanistan
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-181
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