; and (C) with respect to the alien, the Secretary of Defense has made a positive recommendation under paragraph (3). (2) Alien described (A) In general An alien described in this paragraph is an alien who— (i) is a citizen or national of Afghanistan; (ii) was— (I) a member of— (aa) the special operations forces of the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces; (bb) the Afghanistan National Army Special Operations Command; (cc) the Afghan Air Force; or (dd) the Special Mission Wing of Afghanistan; (II) a female member of any other entity of the Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces, including— (aa) a cadet or instructor at the Afghanistan National Defense University; and (bb) a civilian employee of the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of Interior Affairs; (III) an individual associated with former Afghan military and police human intelligence activities, including operators and Department of Defense sources; (IV) an individual associated with former Afghan military counterintelligence; (V) an individual associated with the former Afghan Ministry of Defense who was involved in the prosecution and detention of combatants; or (VI) a senior military officer, senior enlisted personnel, or civilian official who served on the staff of the former Ministry of Defense or the former Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan; (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