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type: "LegalText"
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title: "22 U.S.C. § 8421"
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description: "Purposes of assistance"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 22
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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chapter_number: "91"
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chapter_name: "ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN"
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section: "8421"
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citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8421"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 8421 - Purposes of assistance
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## Text
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The purposes of assistance under this subchapter are—
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(1) to support Pakistan’s paramount national security need to fight and win the ongoing counterinsurgency within its borders in accordance with its national security interests;
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(2) to work with the Government of Pakistan to improve Pakistan’s border security and control and help prevent any Pakistani territory from being used as a base or conduit for terrorist attacks in Pakistan, or elsewhere;
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(3) to work in close cooperation with the Government of Pakistan to coordinate action against extremist and terrorist targets; and
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(4) to help strengthen the institutions of democratic governance and promote control of military institutions by a democratically elected civilian government.
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(Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 201, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2069.)
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