• Afghanistan
  • US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan, watchdog finds (Reuters)
  • Biden Admin Doesn’t Know If It’s Sending Taxpayer Cash to the Taliban, Government Audit Finds (Washington Free Beacon)
  • Afghan child remains in limbo after appeals court voids U.S. Marine’s adoption (FOX News)
  • The Olympics Should Stand With Afghanistan’s Women Athletes (New York Times – opinion)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat to protest a suicide attack that killed 8 soldiers in the northwest (AP)
  • Pakistan summons Taliban envoy after attack on military base (Reuters)
  • Pakistan summons Afghanistan diplomat over deadly military base terror attack (VOA)
  • Pakistan’s IMF program ‘at risk’ if agriculture goes untaxed (Nikkei Asia)
  • Pakistan Is Trying to Ban Imran Khan’s Party. Will That Spark a Political Crisis? (Foreign Policy)
• India
  • Modi Allies Demanding Billions Pile Pressure on Indian Budget (Bloomberg)
  • The India-Russia Relationship Is Less Than Meets the Eye (Wall Street Journal – opinion)
• NSB
  • US urges Bangladesh to uphold right to peaceful protest amid anti-quota protests (Reuters)
  • Violent clashes erupt between police and protesters in Dhaka even after 6 die during campus protests (AP)
  • Student protesters vow ‘complete shutdown’ in Bangladesh after days of violent protest (AP)
  • Violence breaks out at Bangladesh anti-quota protests, government orders probe into killings (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh suspends mobile internet, police fire tear gas at protesters (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh students defy orders, occupy universities as tensions spiral (Al Jazeera)
  • Bangladesh Students Reject PM Olive Branch After Deadly Protests (Agence France-Presse)
  • Bangladesh’s Tough Tightrope Walk Between India and China (The Diplomat)
  • Does Vietnam and Bangladesh’s Cheap Labor Threaten ‘Made in China’ Textiles? (The Diplomat)
  • Sri Lanka: False Terrorism Cases Enable Repression (Human Rights Watch)
  • Sri Lanka’s Many IMF Programs: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t (The Diplomat)
• Central Asia
  • The Stati v Kazakhstan Saga Ends (The Diplomat)
  • Kyrgyz President’s Relative Arrested For Fraud (Radio Free Europe)
  • Rights groups urge Uzbek president to veto law on deporting or barring ‘undesirable’ foreigners (AP)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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