Afghanistan
Taliban Arrests Suspects In Deaths Of 3 Foreign Tourists (Radio Free Europe)
Taliban asserts new gains against Afghan-based IS offshoot amid skepticism (VOA)
Afghan Journalists’ Group Slams 10-Year Sentences Given To Reporters (Radio Free Europe)
Taliban Tourism ‘Distorting The Truth’ In Afghanistan (Radio Free Europe)
Closing the Afghan Embassy in London Is a Moral and Diplomatic Mistake (The Diplomat – opinion)
Pakistan
Pakistani court denies imprisoned former premier Khan and his wife bail in graft case (AP)
India
India’s Modi speaks to Israel’s Netanyahu, urges deescalation (Reuters)
Options for India, China to resolve border stand-off, Indian army chief says (Reuters)
Modi’s Party Faces Tough Contest as Kashmir Votes in Final Phase (Bloomberg)
Indian-controlled Kashmir votes in final phase of polls to elect local government (AP)
How India’s crackdown on Kashmir – and the blowback – transformed the region’s politics (Christian Science Monitor)
Junior doctors in India’s Kolkata resume full strike, disappointed with top court’s ruling (Reuters)
India’s monsoon rains hit four-year high in boost to crop output (Reuters)
India’s Tata Power to invest $14.3 bln in Rajasthan over 10 years (Reuters)
NSB
Bangladesh after the revolution: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus envisions a new nation (NPR)
IMF Pledges to Support Bangladesh Reforms for Economic Stability (Bloomberg)
IMF sees gradual return to economic normalcy in Bangladesh (Reuters)
Factories reopen amid garment sector unrest in Bangladesh (Reuters)
Rescuers search for people still missing in Nepal after flooding and landslides that killed 217 (AP)
More than 200 dead in Nepal floods, as parts of Kathmandu left under water (The Guardian)
Nepal Surveys Flood Wreckage As Death Toll Reaches 209 (Agence France-Presse)
Sri Lanka to discuss shape of IMF deal during Oct meetings in Washington (Reuters)
Real winners of Sri Lanka’s election: A people emboldened to force change (Al Jazeera)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan Seeks to Boost China Gas Exports With Possible New Pipe (Bloomberg)
Turkmenistan Eyes Pakistan’s Gwadar Port for Trade Expansion (The Diplomat)
Uzbek Politician Alisher Qodirov Takes on Russian Chauvinism and Soviet Legacy (The Diplomat)
Central Asian State Media Largely Silent About Russia’s War In Ukraine (Radio Free Europe)
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