Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

22 U.S.C. § 8421: Purposes of assistance

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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; 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; to work in close cooperation with the Government of Pakistan to coordinate action against extremist and terrorist targets; and to help strengthen the institutions of democratic governance and promote control of military institutions by a democratically elected civilian government.

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