Afghanistan
Taliban Maintain Poppy Crackdown, US Fears Farmers’ Return to Cultivation (VOA)
It’s Time for America to Go Back to Afghanistan (New York Times – opinion)
Pakistan
Terror Attacks Test Ties as Pakistan Hosts Talks with Afghan Taliban (VOA)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is indicted for allegedly insulting election officials (AP)
Pakistan police probes killing of six barbers in northwest (Reuters)
Pakistani Protests: Baluch Women Seek Answers, Justice In Disappearance Of Loved Ones (Radio Free Europe)
Military Men Want to Kickstart Pakistan’s Green Revolution (Bloomberg)
India
Nikhil Gupta: India Supreme Court rejects plea from US murder plot accused (BBC)
India races to contain fallout of Kashmir torture death allegations (Nikkei Asia)
India’s Russian oil imports drop on pricing, not due to payment woes (Reuters)
ArcelorMittal JV, others commit $86 bln in India’s Gujarat ahead of investment summit, says state (Reuters)
Can 2024 Bring a New Breakthrough in China-India Relations? (The Diplomat)
India TB: Can vaccines help India triumph over tuberculosis? (BBC)
NSB
Young voters in Bangladesh dream of a future free from political chaos as the nation votes Sunday (AP)
Bangladesh deploys army to keep peace ahead of Sunday’s election (Reuters)
Exiled opposition leader condemns ‘sham’ Bangladesh election (Agence France-Presse)
Bangladesh ruling party accused of intimidation to spur election turnout (Nikkei Asia)
‘Dummy’ candidates, coerced voting: Inside Bangladesh’s election ‘charade’ (Al Jazeera)
Bangladesh election raises fears of descent into one-party rule (Financial Times)
Bangladesh Shows the Limits of Biden’s ‘Democracy Promotion’ (Wall Street Journal – opinion)
Big Fashion Still Hasn’t Figured Out How to Pay a Living Wage (Wall Street Journal)
‘Himalayan Declaration’ Lays Bare Deep Divide Among Sri Lankan Tamil Groups (The Diplomat)
Central Asia
‘Go Away, Don’t Beg!’: Kazakh President Has Message For Predecessor, Makes Claims About Origins Of ‘Bloody January’ (Radio Free Europe)
Kazakhstan: Oil workers persist with protest, government ignores (EurasiaNet)
Turkmenistan: We are the champions (EurasiaNet)
Uzbekistan: Tax break on gas allowed to expire, pushing up prices (EurasiaNet)
Central Asia’s Water Crisis Is Already Here (The Diplomat)
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