Sec. 1226. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STABILITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF AFGHANISTAN

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## SEC. 1226 SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STABILITY AND SOVEREIGNTY OF AFGHANISTAN It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)a top national security priority for the United States continues to be to support the stability and sovereignty of Afghanistan and to help Afghanistan ensure that its territory is not used by al Qaeda, the Haqqani Network, or other violent extremist groups to launch attacks against the United States or its interests; ####

(2)the presence of United States military forces in Afghanistan after 2014 to train, advise, and assist the Afghanistan National Security Forces

(ANSF)and conduct counterterrorism operations is a key step to maintaining the significant gains achieved in Afghanistan and should be executed consistent with the security conditions on the ground; ####

(3)any drawdown of such United States military forces and operations should be considered in relation to security conditions on the ground in Afghanistan at the time of the drawdown and the recommendations of senior United States military commanders; and ####

(4)NATO member countries and other members of the international community should honor their commitments to support Afghanistan at the Lisbon, Chicago, and Tokyo conferences taking into account the mutual accountability framework agreed by the Government of Afghanistan.