Afghanistan
State Department releases names of three Americans held in Taliban custody (Washington Examiner)
Taliban tries reconciling science and religion in facing climate change (Washington Post)
Afghan women taking the initiative against the Taliban (Deutsche Welle)
The Push To Recognize ‘Gender Apartheid’ As A Crime (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan
Court Grants Party of Imprisoned Former Leader More Seats in Pakistan’s Parliament (New York Times)
Acquittal for Pakistan’s Khan and Wife in Illegal Marriage Case (New York Times)
Pakistan Court Sets Aside Ex-Premier Khan’s Seven-Year Sentence (Bloomberg)
Pakistan’s Imran Khan to remain in jail despite acquittal in marriage case (Reuters)
Pakistan to Move Court for Ban on Imran Khan’s Political Party (Bloomberg)
Pakistan Secures New $7 Billion Loan Program From IMF (Bloomberg)
Pakistan, IMF Reach Deal For $7 Billion Loan (Radio Free Europe)
Malala Calls For Pakistan To Stop Deporting Undocumented Afghans (Agence France-Presse)
8 civilians wounded in 2 coordinated suicide attacks near a military facility in northwest Pakistan (AP)
Thousands of Islamists rally near the Pakistani capital to denounce Israeli strikes in Gaza (AP)
India
Sullivan talks to Indian counterpart days after Indian PM Modi’s Russia visit (Reuters)
A Wedding Puts India’s Gilded Age on Lavish Display (New York Times)
On the Hands of India’s Brides, Reminders of a Stark Wealth Divide (New York Times)
India announces ‘Murder of Constitution Day’ remembrance (Agence France-Presse)
NSB
Bangladesh Prefers India Over China in $1 Billion River Project (Bloomberg)
Maldives climate minister released in ‘black magic’ case (Agence France-Presse)
Is Maldivian President Muizzu the Target of Sorcery? (The Diplomat)
Nepal’s Prime Minister Loses Confidence Vote, Adding to the Turmoil of Monsoon Season (New York Times)
New Prime Minister Is Named in Nepal After Government Collapses (New York Times)
Nepal’s new prime minister has taken the oath of office at a ceremony in Kathmandu (AP)
Rescuers in Nepal recover 11 bodies after a landslide swept 2 buses full of people into a river (AP)
No hope of survivors in Nepal bus accident, 55 still missing (Reuters)
Central Asia
Tajik Activist Stateless After Moscow Revokes His Russian Citizenship (Radio Free Europe)
Foreign ‘Undesirables’: Who Are The Targets Of Uzbekistan’s Incoming Deportation Law? (Radio Free Europe)
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