United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-05-09 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-634R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R P0b002ee180392587 f:d03634r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R GAO-03-634R Counterterrorism Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign economic assistance International relations Strategic planning Terrorism Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Operation Enduring Freedom Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Correspondence A06864 Following the terrorist attacks of September 2001, prosecuting the global war on terrorism became the United States' primary foreign policy priority. The United States focused its initial efforts on Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom because the country harbored elements of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. As a result, countries in the region--Pakistan and the five Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan--became frontline states in the war on terrorism, raising the profile of U.S. relations with these countries. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R.pdf GAO-03-634R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-634R Correspondence GAO-03-634R; Central and Southwest Asian Countries: Trends in U.S. Assistance and Key Economic, Governance, and Demographic Characteristics; Counterterrorism Federal aid to foreign countries Foreign economic assistance International relations Strategic planning Terrorism Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Operation Enduring Freedom Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Public Law 102-511