• Afghanistan
  • Taliban Laws Further Curbing Women’s Rights Bring Global Outcry (Bloomberg)
  • Female journalist silenced on air apparently in compliance with Taliban morality law (VOA)
  • EU Aid To Afghanistan Continues To Flow Amid Taliban’s Restrictions On Women (Radio Free Europe)
  • Congress Demands Sullivan Testify on Afghanistan Withdrawal (Foreign Policy)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan’s PM Sharif vows retribution for terrorist attacks (Deutsche Welle)
  • Pakistan eyes $4 bln from Middle East banks to plug financing gap, says central bank chief (Reuters)
  • Traders observe a daylong strike across Pakistan to protest rising costs and new taxes (AP)
  • ‘Digital terrorism’ spurs debate on social media use in Pakistan (VOA)
  • Truck driver thought dead in Pakistan roadside attack recovers in hospital (Reuters)
• India
  • India’s Modi urges early resolution of Ukraine conflict in call with Russia’s Putin (Reuters)
  • Modi tells Putin he supports early end to Ukraine war (VOA)
  • India’s Prime Minister Modi steps into Ukraine-Russia peace vacuum (ABC News)
  • Indian police fire tear gas and water cannons at rally against rape and killing of trainee doctor (AP)
  • BJP Bengal strike: Protesters block train tracks, buses in eastern India (Reuters)
  • India Port Workers Avert Planned Strikes With Wage Agreement (Bloomberg)
  • Dalai Lama returns to Indian headquarters after knee replacement surgery in the US (AP)
• NSB
  • ‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families (Al Jazeera)
  • Yunus Can’t Delay Bangladesh Election Too Long, Key Party Says (Bloomberg)
  • Bangladesh revokes ban imposed on main Islamic party by ex-PM Hasina (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh Probes Enforced Disappearance By Security Forces (Agence France-Presse)
  • Vigilante Justice Reigns in Post-Hasina Bangladesh (The Diplomat)
  • Stateless Rohingya put faith in Bangladesh leader Yunus (Nikkei Asia)
  • Maldives police probe alleged bid to topple government (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • Human Rights Watch Urges Astana To Stop Unjustified ‘Financing Terrorism’ Restrictions (Radio Free Europe)
  • Amid Heated Debate, Kazakhstan To Hold Referendum On Building Nuclear Power Plant (Radio Free Europe)
  • Kyrgyz Minister Defends Russian Singers In Independence Day Celebrations (Radio Free Europe)
• Indo-Pacific
  • A Time Bomb Is Threatening Economies Across Asia (Wall Street Journal)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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