Afghanistan
Key Islamic State commander reported killed in Afghanistan (VOA)
Pakistan
Pakistan Withers Under Deadly Heat and Fears the Coming Rains (New York Times)
UNHCR Chief Meets With Afghan Refugees In Pakistan (Radio Free Europe)
Former Sharif Ally Forms New Party to Change Pakistan’s Politics (Bloomberg)
Residents Protest Planned Military Offensive In Pakistan’s Swat Valley, Orakzai District (Radio Free Europe)
India
India’s Modi Seeks to Shore Up Ties With Russia and Offset China’s Sway (Wall Street Journal)
Putin Hosts Modi After Hailing ‘Best in History’ Ties With India Rival China (Bloomberg)
Indian Prime Minister Modi makes first visit to ally Russia since the start of its war on Ukraine (AP)
Modi heads to Moscow with eye on Russia-China embrace (VOA)
Modi Government to Present India’s Federal Budget on July 23 (Bloomberg)
Two Indian soldiers, six rebels killed in Kashmir gun battles (Al Jazeera)
Eight Killed In Gun Battles In Indian Kashmir: Police (Agence France-Presse)
India: Police arrest 8 for politician’s murder in Chennai (Deutsche Welle)
India stampede: main organizer of religious event surrenders to police (Reuters)
Hundreds of mostly exiled Tibetans celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 89th birthday in India’s Dharamshala (AP)
NSB
Bangladesh to Sign 20 Accords With China, Start New Projects (Bloomberg)
Eight dead, two million affected by Bangladesh floods (Agence France-Presse)
Bangladeshi protesters demand end to civil service job quotas (Agence France-Presse)
Flooding and Landslides Kill at Least 15 in Nepal (New York Times)
Heavy rains trigger landslides in Nepal, 11 killed, 8 missing (Reuters)
Central Asia
Kazakh Journalist’s Killing Sends Chill Through Exiles in Ukraine (New York Times)
Kazakhstan has prepared plan to compensate for oil overproduction (Reuters)
Kazakhstan: SCO summit doesn’t put much meat on organization’s bones (EruasiaNet)
Kazakhstan leverages middle power status with West, China, Russia (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
China’s Xi Pledges Support For Tajikistan ‘Territorial Integrity’ (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asians Prod Russia Over Deteriorating Migration Environment (Radio Free Europe)
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