Afghanistan
Taliban’s plans to curtail access to Facebook in Afghanistan alarm critics (VOA)
U.S. Senate leaders push for release of Dansville man held by Taliban since 2022 (Hornell Evening Tribune)
Pakistan
Pakistan deploys more than 100,000 police and paramilitary forces ahead of Eid al-Fitr (AP)
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif Visits Saudi Arabia (The Diplomat)
Pakistan rocked by claims judges threatened in ex-PM Khan case (Nikkei Asia)
India
India Court Rejects Delhi Chief Minister’s Plea Against Arrest (Bloomberg)
India court rejects plea challenging Delhi chief minister’s arrest in graft case (Reuters)
American Investors Embrace a Less-Democratic India (Wall Street Journal)
India’s influencers rally millions to vote for Modi (Agence France-Presse)
Uttarakhand’s Civil Code Breeds an Indian Surveillance State (The Diplomat)
BBC splits news operation in India (BBC)
India-U.S.-South Korea tech cooperation has strategic logic (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
India can grow fast with or without Narendra Modi (Reuters – opinion)
NSB
Tens of thousands of protesters demanding a restoration of Nepal’s monarchy clash with police (AP)
Central Asia
Russia, Kazakhstan evacuate 100,000 people in worst flooding in decades (Reuters)
Kremlin Warns Worse To Come As Floods Ravage Russia, Kazakhstan (Radio Free Europe)
Russian energy ministry rejects report it asked Kazakhstan about gasoline (Reuters)
Kazakh Central Bank Seeks to Break Lenders’ Grip on Payments (Bloomberg)
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan: Bridging the water gap (EurasiaNet)
Tajik President Calls Current Global Situation ‘Cold War’s New Phase’ (Radio Free Europe)
Turkmen Pop Star’s Fate Unknown After Reported Drug Arrest In Iran (Radio Free Europe)
Uzbekistan Aims to Allow Private Medical Institutions to Deliver Babies (The Diplomat)
After deadly attack, Russia’s Central Asian workers report rising racism (Al Jazeera)
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