Afghanistan
UN warns of more flooding in Afghanistan (VOA)
Mines, Unexploded Ordnance A Daily Menace For Afghanistan’s Children (Agence France-Presse)
Afghan mine-clearer killed by Taliban after face is seen in Emmy-winning film (The Telegraph)
Pakistan
Pakistan, IMF Initial Talks for New Loan Conclude on May 24 (Bloomberg)
IMF, Pakistan make significant progress on new loan, IMF mission says (Reuters)
Pakistan says United Arab Emirates to invest $10 billion in Pakistan (AP)
Pakistan PM office says UAE has committed $10 bln in investments (Reuters)
Pakistan to pay $2.58 million in compensation to families of 5 Chinese who died in suicide bombing (AP)
Pakistani poet was abducted because of human rights activism, says wife (The Guardian)
Pakistan scrambles for relief on $15bn energy debt owed to China (Nikkei Asia)
Hundreds of people suffer heatstroke in Pakistan, and dangerous heat is forecast to stay a while (AP)
Extreme heatwave disrupts education for half of Pakistan’s schoolchildren (VOA)
Punjab’s New Defamation Law Sparks Pushback, Protests (The Diplomat)
India
Modi’s 400-Seat Dream In Doubt as India Opposition Gains Steam (Bloomberg)
Modi rival freed from jail shakes up India election campaign (Financial Times)
India seeks to extend influence in Middle East, Africa: Jaishankar (Nikkei Asia)
Farmers in India are weary of politicians’ lackluster response to their climate-driven water crisis (AP)
Former India PM urges lawmaker grandson to surrender in rape case (Reuters)
Fire at chemical factory in India kills at least 9, with searchers looking for more victims (AP)
Seven dead in south India after heavier than normal pre-monsoon rains (Reuters)
NSB
‘It’s in our rivers and in our cups. There’s no escape’: the deadly spread of salt water in Bangladesh (The Guardian)
‘We have failed economically’: Bhutan turns to ‘Gross National Happiness 2.0’ as crisis deepens (CNBC)
Central Asia
Thousands of Pakistani students flee Kyrgyzstan amid attacks on universities, hostels (VOA)
Anti-Migrant Protests Expose Problems in Kyrgyzstan’s Evolving Migration Landscape (The Diplomat)
Kyrgyz Activist On Trial Says He Was Tortured In Detention (Radio Free Europe)
A Remote Kyrgyz Village Fights for Survival as Mining Start Looms (The Diplomat)
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan taking action to curb sorcery and charlatanism (EurasiaNet)
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