; (iii) provided service to an entity or organization described in clause (ii) for not less than 1 year during the period beginning on December 22, 2001, and ending on September 1, 2021, and did so in support of the United States mission in Afghanistan; and (iv) is recommended positively by the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, based on a consideration of the information described in paragraph (3)(A)(ii). (B) Inclusions For purposes of eligibility under this paragraph, the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces includes members of the security forces under the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, including the Afghanistan National Army, the Afghan Air Force, the Afghanistan National Police, and any other entity designated by the Secretary of Defense as part of the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces during the relevant period of service of the applicant concerned. (3) Department of Defense recommendation (A) In general With respect to each principal applicant under this section, as soon as practicable after receiving a request for a recommendation, the Secretary of Defense shall— (i) review— (I) (aa) the service record of the principal applicant, if available; or (bb) if the principal applicant provides a service record, any information that helps verify the service record concerned; and (II) the data holdings of the Department of Defense and other cooperating interagency partners, including biographic and biometric records, iris scans, fingerprints, voice biometric information, hand geometry biometrics, other identifiable information, and any other information related to the applicant, including relevant derogatory information; (ii) submit a positive or negative recommendation to the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security as to whether the principal applicant meets the requirements under paragraph (2) without significant derogatory information