• Afghanistan
  • UN: Al-Qaida, Afghan Taliban Assist TTP With Attacks in Pakistan (VOA)
  • ‘All Doors Are Closed’ For Single And Unaccompanied Afghan Women Under The Taliban (Radio Free Europe)
  • Wet Winter Weather Brings New Miseries To Vulnerable Afghans (Radio Free Europe)
  • Pakistan’s deportation push strands Afghan refugees who worked with U.S. (Washington Times)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan’s Political Roller Coaster: Prime Ministers, Prisons and a Powerful Military (Wall Street Journal)
  • Ex-PM Imran Khan’s leak of secret cable hurt Pakistan - court ruling
  • Costs, crackdown put a damper on Pakistan’s election campaigns (Reuters)
  • Pakistan election battlegrounds heat up as Imran Khan hit by jail terms (Nikkei Asia)
  • Pakistan election candidate shot dead in tribal district - police (Reuters)
  • Pakistan election panel summons meeting on rising poll violence (Reuters)
  • Pakistan vote body calls security meeting after campaign violence (Agence France-Presse)
  • The bodies of 9 Pakistanis killed by unknown gunmen in Iran have been repatriated (AP)
  • Pakistan Ex-PM Khan’s Wife Back Home After Residence Declared ‘Sub-jail’ (Agence France-Presse)
• India
  • India’s government announces a short-term budget until national elections are held by May (AP)
  • India refrains from populist budget before election, trims fiscal deficit (Reuters)
  • Indian Opposition Leader Arrested Months Before Elections (Bloomberg)
  • Head of India’s Jharkhand state arrested amid graft probe – media (Reuters)
  • India Court Opens Up Part of Disputed Gyanvapi Mosque to Hindu Devotees (Bloomberg)
  • India deploys unprecedented naval might near Red Sea to rein in piracy (Reuters)
  • At least 300 tourists rescued from one of India’s highest mountain passes after snowfall (The Independent)
  • Modi’s Thriftiness May End Up Shortchanging India (Bloomberg – opinion)
• NSB
  • Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll (AP)
  • Ali Riaz on the Future of Bangladesh’s Politics (The Diplomat)
  • Sri Lanka’s controversial internet safety law comes into force (BBC)
  • Sri Lanka eyes near 50% rise in visitors to its temples and beaches (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan shows improvement on graft, but still struggling (EurasiaNet)
  • Kyrgyzstan, China to be joined by third border crossing (EurasiaNet)
  • While Small in Number, Tajik Fighters an Asset for Islamic State-Khorasan (VOA)
• Twitter
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  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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