• Afghanistan
  • Taliban: Pakistan, Iran expelled over 400,000 Afghan refugees so far in 2024 (VOA)
  • Former CENTCOM commander to VOA: President picked ‘worst’ choice in Afghanistan withdrawal (VOA)
  • Zahra Joya on the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Women in the Face of Patriarchy and Pressure (The Diplomat)
• Pakistan
  • Key takeaways from Pakistani PM’s visit to China (VOA)
  • China rebuffs Pakistan’s Sharif on new BRI investment (Nikkei Asia)
  • Pakistan Cuts Interest Rate For the First Time in Four Years (Bloomberg)
  • World Bank approves a $1 billion loan for Pakistan’s key hydropower project (AP)
  • Russia test: Will Pakistan attend the Ukraine peace summit? (Al Jazeera)
  • A van falls into a river in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing 16 people, mostly children (AP)
• India
  • Modi Opts for Policy Stability With Familiar Faces in Cabinet (Bloomberg)
  • Indian PM Modi names Cabinet for coalition government after his party lost majority (AP)
  • Narendra Modi retains finance, defense, other core cabinet ministers (Nikkei Asia
  • India, Pakistan leaders resort to X diplomacy as Modi returns for third term (Reuters)
  • Imprisoned firebrand politician wins election in Indian Kashmir (VOA)
  • Modi’s election setback surprises Indian Americans in the DMV (Washington Post)
  • India to focus on solving border issues with China, foreign minister says (Reuters)
  • Gunmen ambush minister’s security team in India’s Manipur state, 2 wounded (Reuters)
  • Eight more die as India faces longest heatwave (BBC)
  • A Weakened Modi Could Make India Stronger (Bloomberg – opinion)
  • Modi’s Jobs Crisis Can’t Be Solved Without China (Bloomberg – opinion)
• NSB
  • No competitive politics left in Bangladesh, says Nobel laureate Yunus (Reuters)
  • India-Bangladesh Relationship Under Modi 3.0 Won’t Change, But … (The Diplomat)
  • The ‘Duped’ Sri Lankans Fighting In Russia’s Ukraine War (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • China to help Central Asian states mitigate impact of floods, earthquakes and other hazards (EurasiaNet)
  • Toqaev’s Kazakhstan Still Fighting Fires 5 Years After Replacing Nazarbaev (Radio Free Europe)
  • Imprisoned Former Kazakh PM Asks President For Clemency (Radio Free Europe)
  • Tajik authorities keep fiddling as economy smolders (EurasiaNet)
  • Leaders of Korea, Turkmenistan to discuss economy, energy (Korea Herald)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS