Afghanistan
The Plight of Hazaras Under the Taliban Government (The Diplomat)
Pakistan
Don’t cover Imran Khan’s PTI: Pakistan’s media told to censor popular ex-PM (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan social media outages squeeze Imran Khan party’s last bastion (Nikkei Asia)
Pakistan-Iran Airstrikes: Who is Paying the Price? (The Diplomat)
India
Red Sea Conflict Prompts India’s Navy to Flex Its Muscles (Wall Street Journal)
India Named in Canadian Inquiry Into Election Interference (Wall Street Journal)
Canada Officially Adds India to Its Probe of Election Meddling (Bloomberg)
Commission seeks information on India in Canada foreign interference probe (Reuters)
France and India to discuss accord on small nuclear reactors (Bloomberg)
India Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Macron (Foreign Policy)
China’s defence ministry spokesperson says India border issue ‘left over from history’ (Reuters)
India to Push for Relief for Poor Fishermen at WTO Meeting (Bloomberg)
India to oppose curbs on subsidies to poor fishermen at WTO meet (Reuters)
India Mulls an End to Myanmar Free Movement Border Zone (The Diplomat)
In India an algorithm declares them dead; they have to prove they’re alive (Al Jazeera)
NSB
Bangladesh Police Abuses Rampant in Rohingya Camps (Human Rights Watch)
Bhutan seeks India deals in US$15 billion hydropower push to raise national happiness (South China Morning Post)
Sri Lanka passes bill allowing government to remove online posts and legally pursue internet users (AP)
Sri Lanka parliament passes bill to regulate online content (Reuters)
Central Asia
Kyrgyz Security Committee Refuses Request From Media Outlet To Reopen Offices After Search (Radio Free Europe)
Watchdog group pushes for fresh impact study on Tajikistan megaproject (EurasiaNet)
China seals closer Uzbek ties, pushes railway route bypassing Russia (Reuters)
China, Uzbekistan Announce Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (Radio Free Europe)
Uzbekistan, China pledge to boost trade to $20Bln in “near future” (EurasiaNet)
Indo-Pacific
India has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives - navy chief (Reuters)
What the China-Maldives-India Triangle Tells Us About 21st Century Balancing (The Diplomat)
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