• Afghanistan
  • Taliban arrest women for ‘bad hijab’ in first crackdown since return to power (AP)
  • Taliban Arrests Scores Of Women In Dress-Code Crackdown (Radio Free Europe)
  • Afghan women write open letter to UN over education of girls in Taliban’s madrassas (The Independent)
• Pakistan
  • US Urges Free and Fair Elections in Pakistan (VOA)
  • Pakistan’s senate approves delaying elections, but decision not binding (Reuters)
  • Pakistan Says 541,000 Afghans Have Left Amid ‘Undocumented’ Campaign (Radio Free Europe)
• India
  • India’s foreign minister signs a deal to increase imports of electricity from Nepal (AP)
  • India to import 10,000 MW of hydroelectricity from Nepal over 10 years (Reuters)
  • India Wanted a Manufacturing Boom. Its Workers Are Back on the Farm Instead. (Wall Street Journal)
  • Indian Navy deploys ship and patrol aircraft following bid to hijack a Liberia-flagged bulk carrier (AP)
  • India’s Gujarat holding talks with Japan, US firms as Modi eyes chipmaking hub (Reuters)
  • Qatar: Indian ex-naval officers get ‘varying’ jail terms (BBC)
  • India’s stateless babies: How lawless asylum rules leave refugees in limbo (Al Jazeera)
  • India-U.S. ties are now strong enough to bear strains (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
• NSB
  • US Puts Pressure on Bangladesh as Opposition Boycotts Election (Bloomberg)
  • Bangladesh opposition calls for strike on election weekend as premier Hasina seeks forgiveness (AP)
  • Little election fizz in Bangladesh as prime minister set for another term (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh election: Lopsided polls leave disillusioned voters asking ‘what’s the point’ (BBC)
  • India, China eye strategic areas bordering ‘last barrier’ Bhutan (Agence France-Presse)
  • Nepal bars citizens from going to Russia or Ukraine for work, saying they are recruited as fighters (AP)
  • Nepal halts work permits for Russia, Ukraine after soldiers killed (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan: President gingerly addresses lingering Bloody January questions (EurasiaNet)
  • The Tokayev Interview and Nazarbayev’s Long Shadow (The Diplomat)
  • Tajikistan’s Media Landscape In Its ‘Worse State’ Since Independence, Watchdog Says (Radio Free Europe)
  • Kyrgyzstan’s bizarre, unjustified crackdown on a news website (Washington Post – opinion)
  • Uzbek Man Jailed for Social Media Posts Criticizing Mirziyoyev for Supporting Russia’s Putin (The Diplomat)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS