Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§7552 Sense of Congress regarding protecting Afghanistan’s President

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 82— - AFGHANISTAN FREEDOM SUPPORT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 7552

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

U.S. protection for Afghanistan's President must use U.S. diplomatic security, law enforcement, or military personnel, not private contractors. Allies can be asked to send active-duty troops or police to help. The force must be temporary and handed over to trained Afghan security forces as soon as possible.

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Title 22, §7552

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It is the sense of Congress that—
(1)any United States physical protection force provided for the personal security of the President of Afghanistan should be composed of United States diplomatic security, law-enforcement, or military personnel, and should not utilize private contracted personnel to provide actual physical protection services;
(2)United States allies should be invited to volunteer active-duty military or law enforcement personnel to participate in such a protection force; and
(3)such a protection force should be limited in duration and should be succeeded by qualified Afghan security forces as soon as practicable.

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22 U.S.C. § 7552

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73