Afghanistan
An old land mine found by children near an Afghanistan village explodes, killing 9 (AP)
Landmine kills 9 children in southeastern Afghanistan (VOA)
State Department ‘did not send their best’ to Afghanistan for botched evacuation, ex-official says in scathing testimony (New York Post)
US has ‘almost no ability to see into’ Afghanistan as ISIS reconstitutes, former general warns (Washington Examiner)
The Taliban’s oppression of women is apartheid. Let’s call it that. (Washington Post – opinion)
The US Still Owes a Debt to Its Afghan Allies (Bloomberg – opinion)
Pakistan
Pakistan Asserts Right to Import Iranian Gas, Defies US Sanctions (BNN Breaking)
Pakistani police arrest 12 people over a suicide bombing that killed 5 Chinese workers (AP)
Pakistani PM promises better security for Chinese workers (VOA)
Imran Khan’s Sentence in One Case Suspended by Pakistan Court (Bloomberg)
Pakistani court suspends sentence for ex-PM Khan and wife in a graft case but couple won’t be freed (AP)
Pakistan votes for senators as public trust in politics declines (Nikkei Asia)
India
US ambassador tells India government-sponsored assassination plots cross ‘red line’ (The Independent)
An Indian court sends a top opposition leader to jail until shortly before election (AP)
Top Indian opposition leader in detention weeks before election (VOA)
India rejects China’s renaming of 30 places in Himalayan border state (Reuters)
Modi revives controversy over island ceded to Sri Lanka (Deutsche Welle)
India Predicts Searing Heat in Threat to Lives, Power Supply (Bloomberg)
NSB
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk (The Guardian)
Inside Nepal’s ‘kidney valley’ where someone from nearly every household has sold an organ to black market dealers who tell them ‘they will grow back’ (Daily Mail)
How Will Nepal’s Government Respond to Victims of Loan Sharks? (The Diplomat)
World Bank raises Sri Lanka’s growth forecast to 2.2% for 2024 (Reuters)
Central Asia
Central Asian air quality gets low marks – report (EurasiaNet)
Karakalpak Activist Wanted In Uzbekistan Detained In Kazakhstan (Radio Free Europe)
Indo-Pacific
Poliovirus near extinction in Pakistan, Afghanistan, health experts say (VOA)
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