Afghanistan
Reclusive Taliban leader warns Afghans against earning money or gaining ‘worldly honor’ (AP)
Afghans spend Eid in poverty after fleeing Pakistan (Agence France-Presse)
Afghanistan: What happens to single moms under Taliban rule? (Deutsche Welle)
Republicans fume over report part of $2.8B Afghan humanitarian funding went to Taliban (FOX News)
Psaki agrees to sit for interview with House panel probing Afghanistan withdrawal (The Hill)
Pakistan
Can Pakistan’s allies help revive its economy through investment dollars? (Al Jazeera)
India
US, India Resume Talks on Sensitive Technologies During Visit (Bloomberg)
India and US vow to boost defense, trade ties in first high-level US visit since Modi’s election win (AP)
India and US to address barriers to trade and cooperation (Reuters)
Man Accused in Plot to Assassinate Sikh Separatist Pleads Not Guilty (New York Times)
Indian Suspect Extradited to U.S. Over Plot to Kill American Sikh (Wall Street Journal)
Democrats say State Department should press India over Sikh activist assassination plot (The Hill)
Train Crash in India Leaves at Least 8 Dead and Dozens Injured (New York Times)
At least 9 dead, dozens injured as trains collide in India’s Darjeeling district, a tourist hotspot (AP)
India to probe railway collision that killed nine, injured dozens (Reuters)
Rahul Gandhi to retain family bastion as Congress seeks to build after polls (Reuters)
Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi claims ‘tectonic shift’ after Modi election upset (Financial Times)
India’s Priyanka Gandhi to finally make electoral debut (BBC)
India’s monsoon rains a fifth below normal so far (Reuters)
India’s ‘heat trap’ cities make summers worse, says government official (Reuters)
Modi 3.0 and the Uncertain Path to India-Pakistan Dialogue (The Diplomat)
Modi at the G7 Outreach Summit: A Shift in India’s Foreign Policy? (The Diplomat)
NSB
Maldives Bans Israeli Tourists, Then Rethinks Decision (The Diplomat)
Adani’s Wind Power Project in Sri Lanka Hits Rough Weather (The Diplomat)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan’s Shrinking Lake Balkhash Faces Fights On Several Fronts (Radio Free Europe)
Kyrgyz Activist Held For Protesting Change In Flag Transferred To House Arrest (Radio Free Europe)
Five Residents Of Volatile Tajik Region Extradited By Russia (Radio Free Europe)
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