Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2022

September 23, 2022

Presidential Determination No. 2022â24

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Subject: Terminating the Designation of Afghanistan as a Major Non-NATO Ally

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2321k) (the "Act"), I hereby terminate the designation of Afghanistan as a Major Non- NATO Ally of the United States for the purposes of the Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 *et seq*.).

You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the *Federal Register*.

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this memorandum.

Categories: Communications to Federal Agencies : Afghanistan, termination as major non- NATO ally, memorandum.

Subjects: Afghanistan : U.S. termination as non-NATO ally ; Foreign policy, U.S. : Foreign aid policies and funding.

DCPD Number: DCPD202200834.

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