Afghanistan
After narrowly escaping Afghanistan, a Brown student forms a school for the girls left behind (Boston Globe)
How Can the West Handle the Taliban? (Foreign Policy – opinion)
Pakistan
WHO links forced Afghan repatriation from Pakistan to polio resurgence (VOA)
Pakistan military has no intention of cutting deal with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan – sources (The Guardian)
Trump 2.0 Appears Unfavorable for Pakistan (The Diplomat)
World’s Worst Air Pollution in Lahore Reaches New Record (Bloomberg)
As Pakistan chokes on smog, is the government doing enough? (Al Jazeera)
Iran’s Jask and Pakistan’s Gwadar are China’s ports of power (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
India
Is India warming up to Taliban? (Deutsche Welle)
India-Canada tensions spill onto students, education consultancies (Al Jazeera)
Delhi air pollution blankets India’s capital in dense smog, sparking emergency measures (CBS News)
India’s capital New Delhi shuts all primary schools as air quality worsens (Al Jazeera)
Rebel attacks keep Indian-run Kashmir on the boil (Agence France-Presse)
Clean energy could create millions of tons of waste in India. Some are working to avoid that (AP)
US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India (CNN)
India’s More Immediate Worry Is Tomatoes, Not Trump (Bloomberg – opinion)
NSB
Bangladesh recovers thousands of guns looted during revolution (The Independent)
Bangladesh: What’s behind the spike in journalist killings? (Deutsche Welle)
Van falls off mountain highway in Nepal, killing 8 and injuring 4 (AP)
Sri Lanka’s Ex-Marxists Win Supermajority in Rebuke of Old Guard (Bloomberg)
Party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority in parliament (AP)
Sri Lankan president’s coalition wins big majority in general election (Reuters)
Sri Lanka president’s party wins two-thirds of seats in parliament (Nikkei Asia)
Central Asia
8 Tajik Politicians, Public Figures Go On Trial For ‘Plotting To Seize Power’ (Radio Free Europe)
Uzbek Man Held In South Korea Over ‘Attempted Murder’ Of Politician Close To President Mirziyoev’s Daughter (Radio Free Europe)
War for citizenship: Why Uzbeks fight for Russia (EurasiaNet)
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