Afghanistan
Russia Says It Is Working on Removing Taliban From Its Terrorist List (Reuters)
Russia: Taliban could be removed from terror blacklist (VOA)
Unexplained spill fuels concern about Afghan canal project (EurasiaNet)
Malnutrition Threatens Future Afghan Generations (Agence France-Presse)
Online cosmetics stores thrive in Taliban’s Afghanistan despite beauty parlour ban (Agence France-Presse)
Bridging Divides: Finding a Regional and International Consensus for Afghanistan’s Future (The Diplomat)
Pakistan
Pakistan Seeks Bids to Sell Majority Stake in National Carrier (Bloomberg)
New Hope for Pakistan’s Mistreated Workers (Foreign Policy)
India
India Court Grants Bail to Modi Critic in Money Laundering Case (Bloomberg)
Sanjay Singh: AAP leader gets bail in corruption case (BBC)
Modi Alliance to Win Most Votes in Key India State, Survey Shows (Bloomberg)
Modi’s Visit to Bhutan Amid Elections in India Raises Questions (The Diplomat)
China, India boost seaborne thermal coal imports as power demand surges (Reuters)
India to monitor capacity, harness surplus power to meet summer demand (Reuters)
Four children killed in bus accident in northern India (Reuters)
Son of UK man held in India criticises British govt response (Agence France-Presse)
NSB
China Accused of Buying Off Strategic Island Nation With Bottled Water (Newsweek)
Sri Lanka Recovering But Poverty Enduring: World Bank (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Government Under Fire As Kazakh Regions Go Under Water (Radio Free Europe)
Giant Kazakh oil field operator denies spill reports (Reuters)
Kyrgyzstan adopts law targeting foreign-funded NGOs (Reuters)
Kyrgyzstan president signs Russian-style ‘foreign agents’ proposal into law (VOA)
Kyrgyzstan to stop servicing Russia’s Mir payment cards from this week (Reuters)
Kyrgyzstan to stop accepting Russian payment cards (Agence France-Presse)
Uzbekistan: Once a gas exporter, now an importer (EurasiaNet)
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