Afghanistan
Emirati leader meets with Taliban official facing $10 million US bounty over attacks (AP)
Taliban evicted 6,000 displaced Afghans form informal settlements, says aid group (AP)
Taliban publicly flog 63 Afghan men, women for crimes such as ‘immoral relations’ (VOA)
Rights group urges UN to demand Taliban include women in talks about future (VOA)
With Pensions Scrapped, Afghan Retirees Forced To Work As Street Vendors (Radio Free Europe)
Germany looks to deportations to Afghanistan after police killing (Reuters)
Pakistan
Imran Khan Remains Imprisoned Over His Wife’s Menstrual Cycles. State Department Says That’s ‘Something for the Pakistani Courts to Decide.’(The Intercept)
Protest In Pakistan-held Kashmir Against Modi’s Win (Agence France-Presse)
India
US expects continued close ties, human rights talks with India after elections (Reuters)
Early Election Results Suggest Sharp Turnaround for Indian National Congress (New York Times)
Modi’s Party May Need Partners to Form a Government (New York Times)
India’s Stock Market Tumbles on Close-Run Election Result (New York Times)
Indian election delivers stunning setback to Modi and his party (Washington Post)
Modi Loses Majority in Stunning Election Setback, but Is Set to Keep Power in India (Wall Street Journal)
Modi claims victory in India’s election but drop in support forces him to rely on coalition partners (AP)
Modi set to take oath for the third time on June 8 as allies pledge support (Reuters)
Jailed Sikh separatist wins seat in India’s election, family wants him freed (Reuters)
Needing Help to Stay in Power, Modi Loses His Aura of Invincibility (New York Times)
Narendra Modi loses aura of invincibility as predicted landslide fails to materialise (The Guardian)
Modi Will Feel the Heat in a Third Term. And Not Just Politically. (New York Times)
Extreme Heat Threatens Health, Jobs, and Democracy in India (The Diplomat)
Indian Voters Have Finally Woken Up (New York Times – opinion)
NSB
Maldives faces fight with Congress over Israeli ban (Axios)
The dark side of the Maldives (The Telegraph)
Central Asia
Reviving Uyghur Culture In Kazakhstan, One ‘Reel’ At A Time (Radio Free Europe)
Tajikistan Set To Outlaw Islamic Hijab After Years Of Unofficial Ban (Radio Free Europe)
Uzbekistan reports a big decline in Russia-bound labor migrants (EurasiaNet)
Uzbek Islamic Legal Authority Apologizes For ‘Careless’ Cryptocurrency Fatwa (Radio Free Europe)
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