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(d) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED: PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND MEASURES OF<br />

PROGRESS TOWARD SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM SECURITY AND STABILITY IN<br />

AFGHANISTAN.—<br />

(1) IN GENERAL.— The report required under subsecti<strong>on</strong> (a) shall set forth a<br />

comprehensive set of performance <strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>and</strong> measures of progress toward<br />

susta<strong>in</strong>able l<strong>on</strong>g-term security <strong>and</strong> stability <strong>in</strong> Afghanistan, as specified <strong>in</strong> paragraph (2),<br />

<strong>and</strong> shall <strong>in</strong>clude performance st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> progress goals, together with a noti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

timetable for achiev<strong>in</strong>g such goals.<br />

(2) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND MEASURES OF PROGRESS<br />

SPECIFIED.— The performance <strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>and</strong> measures of progress specified <strong>in</strong> this<br />

paragraph shall <strong>in</strong>clude, at a m<strong>in</strong>imum, the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

(A) With respect to the NATO ISAF, an assessment of unfulfilled NATO ISAF<br />

missi<strong>on</strong> requirements <strong>and</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s from <strong>in</strong>dividual NATO ISAF countries,<br />

<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g levels of troops <strong>and</strong> equipment, the effect of c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong><br />

operati<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> unfulfilled commitments.<br />

(B) An assessment of military operati<strong>on</strong>s of the NATO ISAF, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g of NATO<br />

ISAF countries, <strong>and</strong> an assessment of separate military operati<strong>on</strong>s by <strong>United</strong><br />

<strong>States</strong> forces. Such assessments shall <strong>in</strong>clude—<br />

(i) <strong>in</strong>dicators of a stable security envir<strong>on</strong>ment <strong>in</strong> Afghanistan, such as<br />

number of engagements per day, <strong>and</strong> trends relat<strong>in</strong>g to the numbers <strong>and</strong><br />

types of hostile encounters; <strong>and</strong><br />

(ii) the effects of nati<strong>on</strong>al caveats that limit operati<strong>on</strong>s, geographic<br />

locati<strong>on</strong> of operati<strong>on</strong>s, <strong>and</strong> estimated number of civilian casualties.<br />

GSDDPC29 with PUBLIC LAWS<br />

(C) For the Afghanistan Nati<strong>on</strong>al Army (ANA), <strong>and</strong> separately for the<br />

Afghanistan Nati<strong>on</strong>al Police (ANP), of the Afghanistan Nati<strong>on</strong>al <strong>Security</strong> Forces<br />

(ANSF) an assessment of the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

(i) Recruitment <strong>and</strong> retenti<strong>on</strong> numbers, rates of absenteeism, vett<strong>in</strong>g<br />

procedures, <strong>and</strong> salary scale.<br />

(ii) Numbers tra<strong>in</strong>ed, numbers receiv<strong>in</strong>g mentor<strong>in</strong>g, the type of tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>and</strong> mentor<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> number of tra<strong>in</strong>ers, mentors, <strong>and</strong> advisers needed to<br />

support the ANA <strong>and</strong> ANP <strong>and</strong> associated m<strong>in</strong>istries.<br />

(iii) Type of equipment used.<br />

(iv) Operati<strong>on</strong>al read<strong>in</strong>ess status of ANSF units, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the type,<br />

number, size, <strong>and</strong> organizati<strong>on</strong>al structure of ANA <strong>and</strong> ANP units that<br />

are—<br />

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