State Department Announces Denial Policy for Military Exports to Afghanistan
May 2001
In the May 9, 2001 Federal Register the Office of Defense Trade Controls announced that it will continue its policy to deny all applications for licenses and other approvals for Afghanistan and to preclude the use of exemptions for Afghanistan. The DTC official announcement that it will continue to do what it has been doing is an official affirmation that the United States has implemented the provisions of United Nationals Security Council Resolution 1333 (December 19, 2000) which imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Afghanistan.
