Afghanistan
US Announces Tech, Academic Opportunities to Empower Afghan Women (VOA)
Afghan rebels say four Taliban fighters killed in rare operation against Kabul airport (The Independent)
McCaul threatening Blinken with contempt over Afghanistan withdrawal documents (The Hill)
Who will talk to Afghanistan’s Taliban? (The Hill – opinion)
Pakistan
Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan and his wife plead not guilty in another corruption case (AP)
Pakistani Court Indicts Ex-PM Khan, Wife in Graft Case (VOA)
Pakistani journalist arrested for social posts against government officials (Al Jazeera)
Imran Khan’s party asks IMF to consider Pakistan’s political stability in bailout talks, sources say (Reuters)
New Pakistani Government Seeks Another Bailout From IMF (The Diplomat)
Clash with Pakistan shows Iran must take its neighbors more seriously (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
India
US FDA to boost inspections of drug manufacturing units in India (Reuters)
New sanctions threaten Russian oil sales to India (Reuters)
The US and EU-backed India-Middle East-Europe Corridor is in doubt because of the Israel-Hamas war. (Deutsche Welle)
With handouts, piped water and cooking gas, India’s Modi woos women voters (Reuters)
India’s massive farmer protests spark police brutality claims (Nikkei Asia)
Modi Announces Astronauts For India’s First Crewed Space Mission (Bloomberg)
Modi says India’s first astronauts will inspire nation (Agence France-Presse)
India Defends Agricultural, Fishing Subsidies That Rich Nations Want Curbed (Bloomberg)
Medicine Gets Political in India as Ayurveda Booms Under Modi (Bloomberg)
NSB
Why Bangladesh is running out of options in the face of extreme weather (The Guardian)
The party’s over for Russians in Sri Lanka after ‘whites only’ event fuels outrage (NBC News)
Organiser of ‘white party’ in Sri Lanka apologises after backlash (BBC)
Central Asia
US Puts Additional Central Asian Companies on Russia Sanctions List (The Diplomat)
Paying Twice: Kazakhs Unhappy With Latest ‘Fix’ For Kazakhstan’s Health-Care ‘Hell’ (Radio Free Europe)
Turkmenistan: Let them buy cake (EurasiaNet)
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