Afghanistan
U.S. Report Highlights Rights Abuses In Russia, Iran, Afghanistan (Radio Free Europe)
Exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s account of a horrific attack as the US withdrew from Afghanistan (CNN)
Small businesses a lifeline for Afghan women facing Taliban restrictions (VOA)
Pakistan
US Warns of Sanctions Risk as Pakistan Inks Deals With Iran (Bloomberg)
Chuck Schumer Privately Warns Pakistan: Don’t Kill Imran Khan in Prison (The Intercept)
Iran, Pakistan Seek to Patch Up Ties With Pledge to Boost Trade (Bloomberg)
Iran, Pakistan urge U.N Security Council to take action against Israel (Reuters)
What’s Behind The Deadly Surge Of Violence In Pakistan’s Balochistan? (Radio Free Europe)
‘I only protest. I want to go to school’: the childhoods lost in Pakistan when loved ones are ‘disappeared’ (The Guardian)
India
Australian journalist says Indian government pressured her to leave (Washington Post)
Australia Reporter Leaves India, Citing Visa Troubles, Video Ban (Bloomberg)
Indian court extends pre-trial detention of opposition leader Kejriwal (Reuters)
Why Did Modi Call India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’? Because He Could. (New York Times)
India’s Modi calls rivals pro-Muslim as election campaign changes tack (Reuters)
Unemployment biggest worry in India, world’s fastest growing economy: Reuters poll (Reuters)
Amid China tensions, India delivers supersonic cruise missiles to Philippines (VOA)
Democracy put to the test in India’s general election (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
NSB
China and India compete for influence in the Maldives (Deutsche Welle)
Qatari emir in Nepal, expected to tackle migrant conditions and Nepali student held hostage by Hamas (AP)
Why a Bhutan-India Tourism Meeting Excited Entrepreneurs in Nepal (The Diplomat)
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to inaugurate Sri Lankan hydropower and irrigation project (AP)
Iran’s Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka to foster ties, open hydropower project (Reuters)
Central Asia
Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland (Reuters)
RFE/RL, Kazakhstan Reach Agreement On Accreditation (Radio Free Europe)
Kazakhstan grappling with a fresh wave of flooding (EurasiaNet)
Turkmenistan’s Afghanistan Policy: Balancing Risks and Untapped Opportunities (The Diplomat)
Farewell Barak: Uzbekistan Absorbs Kyrgyz Exclave As Part Of Historic Border Deal (Radio Free Europe)
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