• Afghanistan
  • For this student, helping Afghan peers succeed fulfills another dream (Washington Post)
  • Taliban’s Name-Changing Campaign In Afghanistan An ‘Ultimate Act Of Victory’ (Radio Free Europe)
• Pakistan
  • China, Pakistan agree to strengthen mining, oil and gas cooperation (Reuters)
  • Pakistan’s budget will aim to set stage for IMF bailout (Reuters)
  • Roadside bombing targeting security convoy kills 7 soldiers in northwest Pakistan (AP)
  • Pakistan’s army says bomb blast kills seven soldiers (Reuters)
  • Pakistan police arrest man accused of killing 2 minority Ahmadis in Punjab province (AP)
  • Onion exports: How Pakistan briefly won at India’s cost in unlikely matchup (Al Jazeera)
• India
  • Modi, Striking a Modest Tone, Is Sworn In for a Third Term (New York Times)
  • Modi sworn in as prime minister for third term alongside familiar allies (Washington Post)
  • India’s Modi sworn in as PM for third term, faces coalition challenges (Reuters)
  • Modi faces new reality of coalition government as he starts third term (Nikkei Asia)
  • India’s Rahul Gandhi nominated as opposition leader after election gains (Al Jazeera)
  • Where India Turned Against Modi (New York Times)
  • Has India Reached Peak Modi? Opposition Comes Back to Life (Wall Street Journal)
  • India’s Modi and his Hindu-nationalist party have another five years in power. What does it mean for the world? (CNN)
  • Narendra Modi and the myth of the strongman (Washington Post – opinion)
  • India investigates attack by suspected militants in Kashmir that killed 9 on Hindu pilgrimage (AP)
  • Nine Hindu pilgrims dead in India’s Jammu after militant attack, police say (Reuters)
  • India’s Heatwave Longest Ever, Worse To Come (Agence France-Presse)
• NSB
  • Under threat of jail, microfinance pioneer vows to keep lending to poorest Bangladeshis (The Guardian)
• Central Asia
  • South Korea’s Yoon heads to Central Asia for talks on energy, minerals (Reuters)
  • Russian and Kazakh legislators set up information exchange to study foreign influence (EurasiaNet)
  • 11 Journalists From Kyrgyz Investigative Group Go On Trial (Radio Free Europe)
  • China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan railway project gets off the ground (EurasiaNet)
  • Plenty Left In The Dark After Giant Uzbek Solar Power Deals (Radio Free Europe)
  • Uzbekistan Outlaws Karakalpak Group Amid Crackdown (Radio Free Europe)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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