• Afghanistan
  • Afghan opium cultivation bounces and shifts two years after ban, UN says (Reuters)
  • Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Grows 19 Percent Despite Ban: UN (Agence France-Presse)
• Pakistan
  • Two Chinese nationals shot and wounded in Pakistan (Reuters)
  • Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore (AP)
  • Pakistan’s Punjab sets up ‘smog war room’ to combat hazardous air (Reuters)
  • What’s Behind Pakistan’s Middle-Class Brain Drain? (Bloomberg)
• India
  • India expects policy continuity with US regardless of election outcome, official says (Reuters)
  • Australian foreign minister raises allegations of India targeting Sikhs in Canada (AP)
  • New lawmakers in Indian Kashmir seek restoration of partial autonomy (Reuters)
  • Myanmar Ethnic Groups Slam China as They Begin Talks With India (Bloomberg)
  • India State Giant Approves $9.5 Billion of Coal Power Projects (Bloomberg)
  • Understanding India’s Approach to Nuclear Strategy (The Diplomat)
  • Delhi wants artificial rain to tackle worsening air pollution (Reuters)
  • Trafficked: the girls sold for sex in India (Agence France-Presse)
  • India advances release time of retail inflation, infrastructure output data by 90 minutes (Reuters)
• NSB
  • Can Bangladesh’s Judiciary Get on the Right Track Under the Interim Government? (The Diplomat)
  • China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border. Some appear to have crossed the line (CNN)
  • Maldives recalls its ambassador in Pakistan over unsanctioned meeting with Kabul’s envoy (AP)
• Central Asia
  • Four Central Asian entities added to US sanctions list (EurasiaNet)
  • Uzbekistan Jails Migrant Worker For Fighting For Russia In Ukraine (Radio Free Europe)
  • The Men Jailed in Uzbekistan for Fighting Russia’s War in Ukraine (The Diplomat)
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