• Afghanistan
  • 250,000 Afghan children need education, food and homes after returning from Pakistan, says NGO (AP)
  • Afghan children returning from Pakistan face grim reality, survey finds (VOA)
  • Afghans with disability urge Taliban to end ban on aid agency (VOA)
  • Taliban Pull Two TV Channels For ‘Violating Islamic Values’ (Agence France-Presse)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan aims to agree outline of new IMF loan in May - Finance Minister (Reuters)
  • Pakistan says Iran’s President Raisi will visit next week despite tensions in the Middle East (AP)
  • 5 Japanese workers narrowly escape suicide bombing that targeted their vehicle in Pakistan (AP)
  • Five Japanese escape unhurt in Pakistan suicide blast attack (Reuters)
  • Gunmen ambush vehicle carrying customs officials in northwest Pakistan, killing 4 officers (AP)
• India
  • Modi’s Power Keeps Growing, and India Looks Sure to Give Him More (New York Times)
  • Why India’s Opposition Can’t Get It Together (New York Times)
  • India starts voting in the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term as prime minister (AP)
  • India begins voting in gigantic election as Modi seeks historic third term (Reuters)
  • India opens world’s biggest elections with lower house voting (Nikkei Asia)
  • India says it is ready to mitigate economic impact of Iran-Israel conflict (Reuters)
• NSB
  • Sputtering economy threatens progress in Bangladesh (VOA)
  • A former Maldives president is freed after a high court throws out his 11-year sentence (AP)
  • Maldives court overturns ex-president Yameen’s jail term (Reuters)
  • Is Maldives Ready for Its Tactical Drones? (The Diplomat)
  • Deep Wounds In Sri Lanka Five Years Since Easter Massacre (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • Oil-rich regions in Kazakhstan brace for floods, Siberian rivers burst in Russia (Reuters)
  • Debt to China fuels anxiety in Kyrgyzstan (VOA)
  • An ISIS Terror Group Draws Half Its Recruits From Tiny Tajikistan (New York Times)
  • 3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground (New York Times)
  • Soldiers from Russia and Tajikistan stage counter-terrorist drills (Reuters)
  • Tajikistan striving to convince the world that it can contain terrorism (EurasiaNet)
  • Central Asia: Welcome to the ‘opportunity zone’ (EurasiaNet)
• Indo-Pacific
  • Rainstorms Kill More Than 130 Across Afghanistan and Pakistan (New York Times)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS