Afghanistan
Afghanistan War Commission opens inquiry of America’s longest conflict (Washington Post)
America’s Afghan Allies Were Promised Help But Remain in Danger or with No Status (Times of San Diego – opinion)
Pakistan
Pakistan calls Israel’s Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’ (VOA)
Pakistan says it arrested an al-Qaida leader who was a close aide to Osama bin Laden (AP)
Imran Khan’s jail interview: ‘I’m locked in a death cell for terrorists’ (The Sunday Times)
Pakistan Reopens Key Border Point With Afghanistan Following Complaints (Radio Free Europe)
Thousands Stage Sit-In Protest In NW Pakistan After Military Allegedly Fires On ‘Peace March’ (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan opposition party reports ‘abduction’ of media team members (VOA)
‘I fear they will kill me for talking’: The Pakistani poet abducted for his activism (The Guardian)
Pakistan demands Germany prosecute consulate attackers (VOA)
India
What to Expect From India’s Budget, From Tax Cuts to Welfare Support (Bloomberg)
India’s Modi boasts record job creation amid opposition’s attack (Nikkei Asia)
India to seek licences to scout Pacific Ocean for critical minerals (Reuters)
India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher? (Al Jazeera)
Modi’s embrace of Putin is a calculated diplomatic gamble (The Hill – opinion)
NSB
Bangladesh Scales Back Policy on Public-Sector Hiring That Sparked Unrest (New York Times)
Bangladesh Orders Curfew in Effort to Quell Deadly Unrest (New York Times)
Behind Bangladesh Protests, Rage Over Inequality (New York Times)
Toll in Bangladesh rises beyond 100 as Dhaka falls quiet under curfew (Washington Post)
Uneasy Calm Across Bangladesh as Curfew Quells Jobs Protests (Bloomberg)
More Than 500 Arrested In Bangladesh Capital Over Deadly Unrest (Agence France-Presse)
US urges people to not travel to Bangladesh amid ‘civil unrest’ (Reuters)
Nepal’s new prime minister seeks vote of confidence in parliament, secure more than two-third votes (AP)
Central Asia
Stand Down! Kazakh Comedian’s Arrest Chills Blossoming Stand-Up Comedy Scene (Radio Free Europe)
8 Kyrgyz Women, 14 Children Return Home From Syrian Camps With U.S. Help (Radio Free Europe)
Dead Fish And Dirty Air: Chinese Firms Leave Waste As They Mine Tajikistan’s Gold (Radio Free Europe)
Hardened jihadists or guns for hire? The answer may lie in the hills of Tajikistan (The Telegraph)
Uzbek Businessman Disillusioned By Mirziyoev’s Promises Of Reforms (Radio Free Europe)
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