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20 نوامبر 2013, 14:03, توسط ارمان

ARTICLE 4
Defense and Security Cooperation Activities
1. Through their defense and security cooperation activities, including activities of United States forces, the Parties intend to continuously improve Afghanistan’s security and defense capabilities and capacities.

2. In this regard, and informed by Article 1 of this Agreement, the Parties agree that their efforts to strengthen Afghanistan’s defense and security capabilities, as may be mutually agreed, should be concentrated in the areas of:
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a. helping to organize, train, equip, field and sustain ANSF, including training in obligations for conduct under international conventions and respect for human rights; and
b. training of specialists, officers, and command staff.
3. Without prejudice to any efforts that may be bilaterally agreed between them, the Parties shall coordinate with any North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) post-ISAF mission to train, advise and assist ANSF. Including as provided in Articles 5 and 6, the Parties shall remain in close and regular consultation regarding mutual assessments of ANSF needs and evaluation of the results of ANSF training, advising, and assisting.

ARTICLE 5
Developing and Sustaining Afghanistan’s Defense and Security Capabilities
1. With full respect for Afghanistan’s sovereignty, the Parties recognize Afghanistan’s current requirement for continued international security assistance, and share the goal of Afghanistan taking increasing, and, ultimately, full, responsibility for funding its defense and security needs and sustaining the ANSF.
2. Afghanistan shall make, consistent with its political and economic stability and its general economic condition, the full contribution permitted by its manpower, resources, and facilities to the development and sustainment of its own defense and security forces. Afghanistan shall take all necessary measures to develop and sustain its defense and security capacities.
3. So long as the Strategic Partnership Agreement so provides, the United States shall have an obligation to seek funds on a yearly basis to support the training, equipping, advising and sustaining of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), so that Afghanistan can independently secure and defend itself against internal and external threats, and help ensure that terrorists never again encroach on Afghan soil and threaten Afghanistan, the region, and the world. [AFG: The funding shall be adequate to accomplish the goals and objectives of this Agreement.] Taking into account Afghanistan’s priorities, the United States shall direct [AFG: the] available [US: and appropriate] funds through Afghan Government budgetary mechanisms, to be managed by relevant Afghan institutions implementing financial management standards of transparency and accountability, and procurement, audit, and regulatory oversight in accordance with international best practices.
4. The Parties recognize the importance of ANSF having the necessary equipment to contribute to the security of Afghanistan and the region. To that end, the United States shall FOR OFFICIAL AFGHAN AND U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY PRE-DECISIONAL DOCUMENT AS OF 7/25/2013
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seek to continue providing equipment for ANSF [US:, as mutually determined] in close consultation with Afghanistan.
5. The United States shall cooperate and coordinate with Afghanistan and other countries to strengthen the ANSF, as may be mutually agreed, including on equipping ANSF.
6. In order to contribute effectively to the security of Afghanistan and the region, the United States agrees to cooperate with Afghanistan to continue the development of ANSF capabilities consistent with Afghanistan’s status as a Major Non-NATO Ally.
7. The Parties recognize the benefits for Afghanistan’s defense and security to be derived from developing defense capabilities and systems that are consistent with North Atlantic Treaty Organization ("NATO") standards and that promote interoperability with NATO. The Parties shall coordinate in the development of Afghanistan’s defense and security forces, equipment, materiel, facilities, operational doctrine, and institutions to achieve standardization and interoperability with NATO, in order to promote further the effective utilization and maintenance of defense and security assistance provided to Afghanistan, and to maximize the benefits of cooperation between ANSF and United States forces.
ARTICLE 6
Defense and Security Cooperation Mechanisms
1. The Parties agree to direct the U.S.-Afghanistan Working Group on Defense and

Security Cooperation, established under the Strategic Partnership Agreement, to:
a. Develop appropriate measures of effectiveness for the analysis and strengthening of Afghanistan’s use of available defense and security resources, consistent with the purpose and scope of this Agreement;
b. Complete semi-annual assessments of actual performance against these measures to inform the Parties’ respective resource allocation decisions and their cooperation in developing and sustaining Afghanistan’s defense capabilities;
c. Develop a process consistent with the purpose and scope of this Agreement, for making timely, accurate, and effective cooperative assessments of internal and external threats to Afghanistan; and
d. Make specific recommendations on enhancing information and intelligence sharing and evaluation. FOR OFFICIAL AFGHAN AND U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY PRE-DECISIONAL DOCUMENT AS OF 7/25/2013
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2. The Parties share the objective of continuing to improve their ability to consult on such threats, including considering how to establish secure or dedicated channels of communication.
ARTICLE 7
External Aggression
1. The United States shall regard with grave concern any external aggression or threat of external aggression against the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Afghanistan, recognizing that such aggression may threaten the Parties’ shared interests in Afghanistan’s stability and regional and international peace and stability.
2. On a regular basis, the Parties shall consult on potential political, diplomatic, military and economic measures that could form part of an appropriate response in the event of such external aggression or the threat of external aggression against Afghanistan. Consultations shall seek to develop a list of political, diplomatic, military, and economic measures.
3. In the event of external aggression or the threat of external aggression against Afghanistan, the Parties shall hold consultations on an urgent basis to develop and implement an appropriate response, including, as may be mutually determined, consideration of available political, diplomatic, military, and economic measures on the list developed pursuant to paragraph 2, in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures.
4. The Parties shall develop comprehensive procedures to promote the effective accomplishment of such regular and urgent consultations.
a. Such comprehensive procedures shall recognize consultations involving the participation of, the United States Secretary of State and Afghanistan Foreign Minister, the United States Secretary of Defense and Afghanistan Defense Minister, and respective Ambassadors in Kabul and Washington, DC as primary channels to initiate urgent consultations in the event of external aggression, or threat of external aggression
b. Such comprehensive procedures shall not, however, limit or prejudice the Parties’ ability to consult in other channels or through other mechanisms, as urgency or exigency may require.
5. The Parties agree to direct the US-Afghanistan Working Group on Defense and Security Cooperation to promote the effective implementation of this Article, including development of such comprehensive procedures and review on a regular basis the list of measures developed pursuant to paragraph 2. FOR OFFICIAL AFGHAN AND U.S. GOVERNMENT USE ONLY PRE-DECISIONAL DOCUMENT AS OF 7/25/2013
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