22 USC § 8421 - Purposes of assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s8421"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 8421 - Purposes of assistance"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "8421"
section_name: "Purposes of assistance"
chapter_number: 91
chapter_name: "ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR PAKISTAN"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 201, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2069.)"
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# § 8421. Purposes of assistance

The purposes of assistance under this subchapter are—

**(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;

**(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;

**(3)** to work in close cooperation with the Government of Pakistan to coordinate action against extremist and terrorist targets; and

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 201, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2069.)