Afghanistan
Afghan Taliban Created World’s Most Serious Women’s Rights Crisis, HRW Says (Radio Free Europe)
Three killed in Pakistan, Afghanistan border clash, Kabul says (Reuters)
Afghanistan withdrawal investigator resigns in protest from GOP probe (The Hill)
Afghanistan’s Lithium: Sovereignty vs. Foreign Exploitation (The Diplomat)
Pakistan
Pakistan’s Ex-Spy Chief, an Imran Khan Ally, Is Arrested (New York Times)
Pakistan’s military arrests former spy chief over probe related to a housing project scheme (AP)
Former Pakistan spy chief arrested over land development case (Reuters)
Pakistan arrests former spymaster for military trial (VOA)
Gunmen kill senior government administrator in an attack on his vehicle in southwest Pakistan (AP)
India
Sikh activists in US, Canada face threats a year after Trudeau linked leader’s killing to India (Reuters)
More Indian hospitals hit by doctors’ protest against alleged rape and murder (Reuters)
NSB
US says it had no role in ousting of Bangladesh’s Hasina (Reuters)
The Bad Blood Between Sheikh Hasina and the US (The Diplomat)
Where Students Run the Streets: Bangladesh in Limbo (New York Times)
Bangladesh’s New Leader, Nobel Winner Muhammad Yunus, Says He Answers to Protesters (Wall Street Journal)
Resignations of Bangladeshi officials close to Hasina are legal, interim leader Yunus says (AP)
Yunus: I will help make students’ dream for Bangladesh come true (BBC)
Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus carries hopes of economic change (Nikkei Asia)
Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus calls for free speech and independent judiciary (Financial Times)
Bangladeshis applaud leader’s ouster but fear old guard will strike back (Washington Post)
The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within the country’s Hindu minority (AP)
Why Is Namal Rajapaksa Contesting the Sri Lankan Presidential Election When He’s Likely to Lose? (The Diplomat)
Musk’s Starlink wins Sri Lanka licence (Reuters)
Central Asia
Can Central Asia Deepen Multilateral Cooperation Without Institutionalization? (The Diplomat)
Kazakh Plan To Join Chinese-Led Moon Base Would Strengthen Space Partnership (Radio Free Europe)
Imprisoned Kazakh Journalist Mukhammedkarim Launches Another Hunger Strike (Radio Free Europe)
Bulgaria Seizes Heroin At Black Sea Port Worth $38 Million En Route From Kyrgyzstan, Georgia (AP)
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