• Afghanistan
  • Pakistani airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people (AP)
  • Taliban says eight killed in Pakistan’s two air strikes in Afghanistan (Reuters)
  • Driving With Mr. Gil: A Retiree Teaches Afghan Women the Rules of the Road (New York Times)
  • A highway crash in southern Afghanistan kills 21 people and injures 38 (AP)
  • Crash involving passenger bus, fuel truck kills 21 in Afghanistan (Reuters)
  • Elite Afghan soldiers turn barbers, gym trainers in India to escape Taliban (Al Jazeera)
• Pakistan
  • ‘Inflection point’: US hearing on Pakistan shines light on complex ties (Al Jazeera)
  • 7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan (AP)
  • Several Troops Killed In Suicide Attack On Pakistan Military Post (Radio Free Europe)
• India
  • Data Dump Exposes the Fuzzy Lines Between Money and Politics in India (New York Times)
  • India to Hold Vote Starting in April as Modi Seeks to Stay (Bloomberg)
  • India announces 6-week general elections starting April 19 with Modi’s BJP topping surveys (AP)
  • India vote to start on April 19, Modi says confident of win (Reuters)
  • India dismisses U.S. concern about its citizenship law as ‘misplaced’ (Reuters)
  • India rejects US concern over citizenship law as ‘misplaced, unwarranted’ (Al Jazeera)
  • India’s Muslims See Discrimination in New Religion-Based Citizenship Law (VOA)
  • Indian Navy seizes ship from Somali pirates and rescues 17 crew (Reuters)
  • India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms (AP)
  • India investigates alleged Hindu nationalist attack on foreign students offering Ramadan prayers (CNN)
  • India: Authorities Revoke Visa Privileges of Diaspora Critics (Human Rights Watch)
  • Investors Get a Reminder That India Makes Sudden Moves Too (Wall Street Journal)
  • How China Could Swamp India’s Chip Ambitions (Wall Street Journal)
• NSB
  • How Should Bangladesh Handle Myanmar’s Fleeing Soldiers? (The Diplomat)
  • Nepal political shakeup thrusts Kathmandu into India-China rivalry (Nikkei Asia)
  • Sri Lanka parents spending hundreds on child leukaemia meds (BBC)
• Central Asia
  • Uzbek Activist Faces Threat of Deportation From Kazakhstan (VOA)
  • Kazakhstan moves to adopt classic jury trials (EurasiaNet)
  • Dissing The Tajik President Online Can Send You Straight To Jail (Radio Free Europe)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS