11 October 2010

US Allows Afghanistan to Aid Taliban, Al Qaeda and Drug Trafficking

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-25609_PI.pdf

[FR Doc. 2010-25609 Filed 10/08/2010 at 8:45 am; Publication Date:
10/12/2010]

[Billing Code: 4710-17]

Department of State

[Public Notice: 7201]

Waiver Pursuant to Section 7076(d)(2) of the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010
(Div. F, P.L. 111-117) Relating to Assistance for
The Government of Afghanistan

Pursuant to the authority vested in me as Secretary of State, including
under section 7076(d)(2) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (Div. F, P.L. 111-117) (“the
Act”), I hereby waive the requirement in section 7076(d)(2) of the Act to
certify that the Government of Afghanistan is cooperating fully with United
States efforts against the Taliban and Al Qaeda and to reduce poppy
Cultivation and illicit drug trafficking and report that it is vital to the national
Security interests of the United States to do so.

This waiver shall be reported to the Congress promptly and published
in the Federal Register.

September 28, 2010 ___________________________

Date Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State