Afghanistan
Taliban Confirm 2 Americans Among Foreign Detainees in Afghanistan (VOA)
Former top general warns of ‘inevitable’ threats to US from Islamic State in wake of Moscow attack (ABC News)
Pakistan
Bodies of 5 Chinese killed in suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan flown to China (AP)
Heavy rains in northwestern Pakistan kill 8 people, mostly children, and injure 12 (AP)
A bomb blast kills 1 person and wounds 14 in Pakistan’s southwest (AP)
Deadly Bomb Hits Gas Surveyors in Southwestern Pakistan (VOA)
India
US-India Ties Not Damaged By Murder Plot Probe, Ambassador Says (Bloomberg)
India reacts sharply to U.S. criticism over democracy and rights (Washington Post)
Thousands rally in India’s capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi launch their campaigns (AP)
India opposition unites over pre-election arrest, blames PM Modi (Reuters)
Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal sent to jail until April 15 in graft case, media reports say (Reuters)
India’s Modi questions rival Congress about island ceded to Sri Lanka (Reuters)
What 10 Years of Modi Rule Has Meant for India’s Economy (New York Times)
India’s Silicon Valley Faces a Water Crisis That Software Cannot Solve (New York Times)
Ukraine Foreign Minister Discusses Peace Plan in India Meeting (Bloomberg)
Four killed as sudden heavy rain lashes east Indian state (Reuters)
India Rescuing Citizens Forced Into Cyber Fraud Schemes in Cambodia (Reuters)
India rescues Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by pirates off Somalia (Reuters)
NSB
The ‘Night Government’ Expands Its Violent Reach in Rohingya Camps (New York Times)
Central Asia
Colossal floods stun Kazakhstan (EurasiaNet)
9 detained in Tajikistan in connection with Moscow concert hall attack, Russian state media report (AP)
Tajikistan Detains Several People In Connection With Deadly Moscow Attack (Radio Free Europe)
Tajikistan says migrants fleeing Russia after concert hall attack (Reuters)
Central Asian migrants face xenophobic backlash in Russia after Moscow terror attack (CNN)
The declining fortunes of Central Asia coverage (EurasiaNet – opinion)
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