From Time Magazine:
When Pakistani troops began to pummel Taliban positions in the Swat Valley last month, there were other military advances against insurgent outposts — barely noticed by the global media — taking place in valleys not so far away. In late May, Uzbek soldiers and tanks patrolled parts of the troubled Ferghana Valley following shootouts with suspected Islamist extremists and a suicide bombing in the valley's main city of Andijan. In neighboring Tajikistan, government forces fanned out across the remote Rasht Valley in a supposed attempt to hunt down a notorious militant commander named Abdullo Rakhimov. The veteran jihadi, according to some local reports, had recently abandoned Taliban allies in Pakistan to resume the struggle in his nearby native land.
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My Comment: The U.S. and the West has a secondary role in this region. Our focus is on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The two countries that are focused on this region are Russia and China, with both countries competing via through industrial and infrastructure projects, and military assistance. The reasons why they are doing this are many .... but the primary reason is security and access to the resources of the region .... with oil and natural gas deposits being the main reason on the resource side.
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