Afghanistan
No music, no Western-style haircuts: UN report details life in Afghanistan under Taliban’s moral enforcers (CNN)
Afghanistan: Taliban ‘morality police’ crack down on women (Deutsche Welle)
UN Records 1,033 Instances of Taliban Mistreating Citizen (Newsweek)
WHO data contradicts Afghan Taliban’s claim of zero polio cases (VOA)
Pakistan
Pakistan suspends deportations of Afghans on ‘humanitarian grounds’ (VOA)
As Violence Surges, Can Pakistan Protect Its Chinese Projects? (New York Times)
Pakistan’s top spy agency gets legal powers to intercept telephone calls (Reuters)
Record number of journalists killed in Pakistan already this year (The Guardian)
Jeep falls from a mountain road into a ravine in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing 14 people (AP)
India
White House: India has ability to urge Putin to end war in Ukraine (Reuters)
Modi’s Moscow Visit Showcases a Less Isolated Putin, Angering Ukraine (New York Times)
Modi’s Moscow Visit Spotlights India’s Tricky Balancing Act on Russia (Wall Street Journal)
India’s Modi tells Putin that ‘heart bleeds’ over deaths of children in war (Reuters)
In Moscow, India’s Modi calls for peace, decries ‘heart-wrenching’ death of children (VOA)
Indians Fighting In Ukraine Alongside Russian Troops To Return Home, Report Says (Radio Free Europe)
Exclusive: India races to build power plants in region claimed by China (Reuters)
‘No woman left in my family now’: India’s Hathras mourns stampede victims (Al Jazeera)
A double-decker bus collides with a milk truck in northern India, killing at least 18 people (AP)
Half a dozen pregnant women infected as India suffers Zika virus outbreak (The Independent)
NSB
China and Bangladesh reaffirm their ties as territorial and economic issues rise in region (AP)
Bangladesh Suspends Job Quotas After Student Protests (Agence France-Presse)
Sri Lanka paves way for Musk’s Starlink to enter telecoms market (Reuters)
Sri Lanka’s Debt Restructuring Deal: Economic Relief or Creditor Windfall? (The Diplomat)
Central Asia
Central Asian railway to offer new link between China, Europe (Nikkei Asia)
Central Asia’s Post-Ukraine Future (The Diplomat)
Kazakh Penitentiary Service Rejects Claims That Pressure Was Put On Jailed Opposition Leader (Radio Free Europe)
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