Afghanistan
Taliban agree to attend UN-hosted 3rd Doha meeting on Afghanistan (VOA)
Afghan Taliban Govt Says To Attend Next Round Of UN Talks In Doha (Agence France-Presse)
Al-Qaeda invites anti-West ‘brothers’ to Afghanistan (The Telegraph)
War Veterans and Family Testify at Al Qaeda Commander’s War Crimes Tribunal (New York Times)
Pakistan
Pakistan to Raise Power Prices in Key Move to Secure IMF Loan (Bloomberg)
Pakistan’s tax-heavy budget likely to land IMF bailout, but stoke tensions (Reuters)
Pakistani Taliban announce a 3-day cease-fire with security forces on Eid al-Adha holiday (AP)
Ahmadis in Pakistan say intimidated ahead of Eid al-Adha feast (Agence France-Presse)
4 Killed In Roadside Bombing In Pakistan’s Restive Northwest (Radio Free Europe)
India
US Lawmakers to Visit India to Strengthen Ties, Meet Dalai Lama (Bloomberg)
Narendra Modi flashes his ‘multi-alignment’ diplomacy at G7 summit (Nikkei Asia)
Indian national accused of murder-for-hire plot arrives in New York (Washington Post)
Indian suspect in plot to kill Sikh separatist extradited to US (Reuters)
India says novelist Arundhati Roy could be tried under antiterror law (Washington Post)
India: author Arundhati Roy to be prosecuted over 2010 Kashmir remarks (The Guardian)
Railway collision in eastern India kills 15, injures several (Reuters)
India calls for stronger protections for its overseas workers (Nikkei Asia)
Will India’s powerful Modi change his ways after the election setback? (Washington Post)
Will India’s Modi break the ice with Pakistan in his third term? (Al Jazeera)
NSB
Maldives weighs ban of Israeli passports but fears for tourism sector (Nikkei Asia)
Central Asia
Kyrgyz Activists Protesting Border Deal With Uzbekistan Acquitted (Radio Free Europe)
In Kyrgyzstan, Kempir-Abad Case Ends in Acquittal (The Diplomat)
Prominent Tajik Lawmaker Detained For Allegedly Plotting To Overthrow Government (Radio Free Europe)
Germany Mulls Migration Pact With Uzbekistan to Deport Afghans (Bloomberg)
Notorious Uzbek ‘Thief-in-Law’ On Trial As Tashkent Targets Powerful Crime Bosses (Radio Free Europe)
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