Afghanistan
Taliban Consider Attending Doha Meeting, Reject New UN Envoy (VOA)
Is Afghanistan’s ‘Regional Cooperation Initiative’ an Opening for India? (The Diplomat)
American diplomats should stay out of Afghanistan (The Hill – opinion)
Pakistan
Pakistan election highlights military’s sway over stormy politics (New York Times)
Pakistan Sees Results Delay After Turbulent Election (Wall Street Journal)
Pakistan Poll Results Delayed as Imran Khan’s Party Claims Win in First Results (Bloomberg)
Sharif’s party has edge in Pakistan’s delayed election results, with some independent wins reported (AP)
Independents win 47 of 106 seats counted in Pakistan poll, most backed by Imran Khan - Geo News (Reuters)
As Vote Counting Continues In Pakistan Election, Early Results Show Ex-PM Sharif’s Party Slightly Ahead (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan election results show tight race with a long way to go (Nikkei Asia)
Ex-Pakistani PM Sharif strikes confident note in vote marred by controversy, mobile phone shutdown (AP)
UN chief concerned by violence, communication restriction on Pakistan election day (Reuters)
Pakistan’s TTP Challenge and Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations (The Diplomat)
India
India’s ruling party targets unmarried couples living together with new law (Washington Post)
Indian town sets a curfew and orders police to shoot violators after deadly clashes over a mosque (AP)
Violent protests in Indian city kills two, more than 80 injured (Reuters)
India Will Seek an End to WTO’s 1998 Tariff Freeze on Digital Trade (Bloomberg)
India Ends Free Border Movement With Myanmar, Citing Security (Bloomberg)
NSB
340 Myanmar troops flee into Bangladesh during fighting with armed ethnic group (AP)
India to replace military personnel in Maldives with civilians after president demanded they leave (AP)
Central Asia
Rights Watchdog Urges Kazakh Authorities To Release Journalist, Drop Extremism Charges (Radio Free Europe)
Kazakhstan prioritizing water management measures in 2024 (EurasiaNet)
Kazakhstan: Paranoia of officials makes mockery of listening state, say critics (EurasiaNet)
Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev nephew rendered $1.5Bln to state (EurasiaNet)
Amnesty warns of dire state of civil society in Kyrgyzstan (EurasiaNet)
Turkmen Ordered To Play Ex-President’s Songs At Weddings, With Foreign Music Banned (Radio Free Europe)
Smugglers and Scammers Make Wild Promises to Uzbeks Desperate to Reach US (The Diplomat)
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