Afghanistan
Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls (AP)
UN Security Council set to pick envoy for Afghanistan despite Taliban’s protests (The Independent)
The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan (AP)
No pictures: Afghanistan journalists fear clampdown on visual reporting (Nikkei Asia)
Taliban sets sights on making Afghanistan a global cricketing power (Washington Post)
Why I opened a secret school for Afghan girls (The Economist – opinion)
Pakistan
Pakistan Lawmakers to Meet February 29 to Elect New PM (Bloomberg)
Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife indicted on graft charges (Reuters)
A senior police officer and 2 wanted Pakistani Taliban members were killed in a shootout, police say (AP)
Pakistan Arrests Two Journalists as X Remains Restricted for 10 Days (VOA)
Ex-PM Nawaz’s daughter is Pakistan’s first female provincial chief minister (Al Jazeera)
India
U.S. seeks closer defense supply chain ties with Japan, India: official (Nikkei Asia)
Where’s India? Key holdout country’s minister absent from WTO meeting (Reuters)
Ahead of India election, tension brews in Kashmir over tribal caste quotas (Al Jazeera)
‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi (The Guardian)
Indian finance minister asks cenbank, fintechs to hold monthly meetings in wake of Paytm (Reuters)
Runaway train speeds 43 miles down tracks in India without a driver (CBS News)
What Modi’s UAE Trip Means for IMEC (The Diplomat)
NSB
What Underlies Sheikh Hasina’s Successful Diplomacy? (The Diplomat)
Overworked and underpaid, Nepal’s nurses quit jobs to head abroad (Reuters)
Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war (The Independent)
Are Sri Lanka’s Anti-Drug Crime Operations Working? (The Diplomat)
Central Asia
Karakalpak Activist Muratbai Given Asylum Seeker Status in Kazakhstan (The Diplomat)
Kazakh Activists Mark Second Anniversary Of Ukraine War With Rally In Almaty (Radio Free Europe)
Avalanche kills 4 skiers in Kyrgyzstan visiting from Czech Republic and Slovakia (CBS News)
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan install water-monitoring stations on border (EurasiaNet)
Uzbek court sentences 23 over contaminated cough syrup deaths (Reuters)
Lengthy Prison Sentences For Uzbek Child Deaths Blamed On Indian-Produced Medicine (Radio Free Europe)
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