• Afghanistan
  • Amnesty International Demands Release Of Afghan Educational Activists Held By Taliban (Radio Free Europe)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan’s Military Has Swayed Many Elections. Now It’s Going Full Tilt. (New York Times)
  • Poll: Pakistani Youth Hope for Transparent Elections, Trust Military (VOA)
  • Khan’s party navigates Pakistan blackouts to keep campaign alive (Agence France-Presse)
  • Pakistan’s Elections Are Being Brazenly Rigged. Why Doesn’t the U.S. Seem to Care? (Time)
  • Pakistan Imran Khan Faces Another Conviction Days Before Vote (Bloomberg)
  • Imran Khan and his wife get seven-year prison sentence for unlawful marriage (Reuters)
  • Pakistan military kills 24 militants in Balochistan week before elections (Reuters)
  • At least 10 police personnel killed in attack on police station in Pakistan -police (Reuters)
  • Pakistan: Marching for the thousands who disappeared in Balochistan (BBC)
• India
  • Indian Embassy Employee in Moscow Arrested for Spying for Pakistan (Bloomberg)
  • Indian Foreign Secretary Visits Bhutan as New Government Tales Charge (The Diplomat)
  • Lights! Camera! Modi! It’s a One-Man Show on Indian Television. (New York Times)
  • Modi Can’t Be Everywhere in India. Cutouts of Him Can. (Wall Street Journal)
  • Unusual election year budget in India signals Modi’s sky-high confidence (Reuters)
  • ‘Who’s next?’: Modi government raids, arrests rivals before India election (Al Jazeera)
  • Modi’s ‘divine India’ vision threatens to marginalize millions (CNN)
  • India Confers Top Award on Former Official Behind Ayodhya Temple (Bloomberg)
• NSB
  • Myanmar Clashes Along Bangladesh Border: Official (Agence France-Presse)
  • India to Pull Out Troops From Maldives by May 10, Male Says (Bloomberg)
  • India to replace troops in Maldives with civilians by May (Reuters)
  • Maldives government asks India why its coast guard boarded 3 fishing boats (AP)
  • Debt-laden Sri Lanka marks Independence Day with Thai prime minister as guest of honor (AP)
  • Thailand, Sri Lanka sign free trade agreement (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • China reports robust trade growth with Central Asian states (EurasiaNet)
  • Kyrgyz Leader Eyeing A Second Term With The Political Landscape Transformed (Radio Free Europe)
  • Kyrgyzstan: Power plant accident leaves households without heat (EurasiaNet)
  • Is Tajikistan’s succession saga any closer to the end? (EurasiaNet)
• Twitter
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SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS