• Afghanistan
  • 1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary education, the UN says (AP)
  • Afghan girls endure 1,000 days without school under Taliban rule (VOA)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan’s new government presents its first budget as it seeks a new long-term IMF bailout (AP)
  • Pakistan arrests prominent journalist for third time in a year (VOA)
  • Imran Khan is only still in jail thanks to ‘weak’ case over marriage to his wife, his party says (The Independent)
  • Pakistan floats international travel ban for tax dodgers (Nikkei Asia)
• India
  • US National Security Advisor Sullivan to Visit India Next Week (Bloomberg)
  • China Willing To Improve Ties With India, Work On Border Dispute (Bloomberg)
  • India urges Russia to return its citizens recruited by Russia’s army after 2 were killed (AP)
  • Indian police blame Pakistan for Jammu and Kashmir strife that killed 12 (Reuters)
  • At least 40 Indians die in a fire at a building housing foreign workers in Kuwait (AP)
  • It’s so hot in India, an insurer is helping thousands of women buy food (CNN)
  • India’s heat wave hits marginalized Dalit caste (Deutsche Welle)
  • Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water (Agence France-Presse)
  • Human bird flu infection confirmed in India amid concern over avian flu outbreaks in U.S. farm animals (CBS News)
• NSB
  • Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus indicted in Bangladesh embezzlement case (Reuters)
  • Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus faces embezzlement charges (VOA)
  • Sheikh Hasina has turned Bangladesh into one-party state, says Nobel Peace Prize laureate (The Independent)
  • Coca-Cola ad in Bangladesh sparks backlash for ‘denying ties with Israel’ (Al Jazeera)
  • IMF approves second review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9 bln bailout, warns of economic risks (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • South Korea’s Yoon seeks deals in Central Asian resource push (Nikkei Asia)
  • South Korea, Kazakhstan sign minerals deals as Seoul moves to diversify supply chain (Reuters)
  • Kazakhstan: More convictions in connection with Bloody January events (EurasiaNet)
  • Kyrgyzstan: Prosecutors Seek 20 Years for Peaceful Critics (Human Rights Watch)
  • Rights Groups Demand Release Of Kyrgyz Protesters As Prosecutors Seek Lengthy Sentences (Radio Free Europe)
  • Kyrgyz Officials Flout Environmental Laws At Seized Quarry Feeding Presidential Pet Project (Radio Free Europe)
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