Afghanistan
Special visa program for US-affiliated Afghans faces demise (Reuters)
Johnson invites Gold Star parents of Marines killed in Afghanistan to SOTU (ABC News)
Afghanistan: Judge hunted by Taliban wins court case against UK government (BBC)
Afghan museum exhibits artefacts of Taliban victory (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan
Pakistan top court says ex-PM Bhutto, hanged in 1979, was denied fair trial (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Finally Rules on Martial Law-Era Trial (Human Rights Watch)
Why is Pakistan’s PTI fighting for reserved seats in parliament? (Al Jazeera)
India
Modi is visiting Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy in ‘19 (AP)
Kashmir: Modi to visit Srinagar for first time since revoking special status (BBC)
India Frees 10,000 More Soldiers to Guard Border With China (Bloomberg)
India’s top diplomat calls for more Japanese investment (Nikkei Asia)
India opens new naval base near Maldives amid tense ties and with eye on Beijing (Reuters)
India Sets Up New Indian Ocean Naval Base (VOA)
India Expands Its Naval Presence With Planned Base (Foreign Policy)
Indian farmers say detentions foil Delhi protest, police say no one held (Reuters)
Taiwan Apologizes for Labor Minister’s Remarks on Indian Workers (VOA)
India’s AI Regulators Need Scalpels, Not Hammers (Bloomberg – opinion)
NSB
‘Big bullies’: Maldives turns away from India as calculating China woos it with aid (The Guardian)
Sri Lanka ex-leader claims ousted over China investments (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan positions itself for lithium windfall (EurasiaNet)
Kazakh Activist Faces Additional Charge Over Prison Brawl (Radio Free Europe)
More Carbon-Monoxide Deaths In Tajikistan Amid Electricity Shortage (Radio Free Europe)
Russian Gas Supplies to Uzbekistan Set to Grow (The Diplomat)
Monitoring a Critical First Step in Addressing Prison Conditions in Uzbekistan (The Diplomat – opinion)
Indo-Pacific
‘He had no idea he was being sent to a war zone’: the Indian and Nepalese men on frontlines in Ukraine (The Guardian)
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