Afghanistan
Ex-Marine leads plea for Congress to hear exiled Afghan resistance leader’s warnings (FOX News)
5,000 Afghans moved into MoD bases in secretive evacuation mission (The Independent)
Biden’s failure to avenge the Abbey Gate bombing is a national disgrace (Washington Post – opinion)
Pakistan
As Misery Multiplies, Pakistanis Rise Up Against the Ruling Elite (New York Times)
Pakistan Adds 2 More Militant Groups To Its ‘Terror’ List (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan Bans Entry Of Afghan Truckers Without Visas, Documents Through Torkham (Radio Free Europe)
Heavy rain, floods in Pakistan kill at least 30 (Reuters)
Pakistan’s second-largest city Lahore hit by record rain (Agence France-Presse)
India
India offers $300 million loan to build up Vietnam’s maritime security, saying it is a key partner (AP)
India and Vietnam to enhance defense cooperation (Nikkei Asia)
India police rescue American woman chained to tree in jungle who claims husband left her there to die (CBS News)
American nurse claims she was repeatedly raped after being lured to India to marry a lawyer she met on Facebook (Daily Mail)
Kerala’s Wayanad landslides: Four found alive in remote area (Reuters)
13 Killed In India Floods, Stranded Pilgrims Airlifted (Agence France-Presse)
Militancy expands in Indian-controlled side of Jammu and Kashmir (VOA)
As India ages, a secret shame emerges: Elders abandoned by their children (AP)
Modi Can’t Build India’s Military This Way (Bloomberg – opinion)
NSB
Bangladesh Bans Islamist Party from Politics After Deadly Unrest (Bloomberg)
Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead (AP)
Bangladesh arrests more than 10,000 in crackdown on protests (The Guardian)
Bangladesh protest movement launches foreign remittance freeze (Nikkei Asia)
Bangladesh Carnage: The Facts that Belie the Government Narrative (The Diplomat)
Nepal: How monsoons bring rain, landslides, and tragedy (Deutsche Welle)
Sri Lanka needs to raise fiscal revenue to maintain stability, IMF says (Reuters)
Central Asia
Central Asians in the Crosshairs of Russia’s Ever-Evolving Migration Regime (The Diplomat)
Uzbekistan going all out to promote itself as a tourist destination (EurasiaNet)
Indo-Pacific
How Will Rising Middle East Tensions Impact Afghanistan and Pakistan? (Radio Free Europe)
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