Afghanistan
Afghan accused of plotting terror attack worked as CIA guard, officials say (NBC News)
Islamic State terror suspect arrested over Nov 5 massacre plot ‘helped US troops in Afghanistan’ (The Telegraph)
FBI’s Arrest Of Afghan Underscores Growing Threat Of Islamic State-Khorasan (Radio Free Europe)
U.S. Marine Who Adopted Afghan Orphan Wins Battle to Stay on Active Duty (Newsweek)
Western nations should evacuate Afghan policewomen who faced sexual abuse, HRW says (The Independent)
More airlines fly over Afghanistan in last week as Middle East tensions rise (Reuters)
Afghanistan’s First Female Mayor Speaks Out as Others Can’t (Newsweek – opinion)
Pakistan
Rights groups slam Pakistan for blocking activist’s US travel (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan to curb movement of Chinese nationals during SCO conference, say sources (Reuters)
Pakistan to Host SCO Summit Amid Political Turmoil (The Diplomat)
Head of Pakistan’s Punjab calls for diplomacy with India to tackle smog (Reuters)
Pakistan counters criticism of crackdown on ethnic rights group (VOA)
Pakistan Government Intensifies Crackdown on Political Dissent (Human Rights Watch)
Pakistan records spike in new polio cases, hampering efforts to make the country polio-free (AP)
Suspected militants shoot police in vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing 2 officers (AP)
India
Faced With Regional Setbacks, India Flexes Its New Economic Muscle (New York Times)
India to Build Nuclear Submarines, Buy Drones to Counter China (Bloomberg)
India prepares to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines (Reuters)
India’s Congress party complains to poll body over Haryana election results (Reuters)
Ratan Tata, Whose Indian Business Empire Went Global, Dies at 86 (New York Times)
Ratan Tata, who put India’s Tata Group on the global map, dies at 86 (Reuters)
Why Is India Soft on Hamas and Hezbollah? (Wall Street Journal – opinion)
Modi Wants ‘One India.’ It Needs Many Elections (Bloomberg – opinion)
NSB
The ‘god makers’: Bangladesh’s devoted idol creators (BBC)
Colorado climber, skier Michael Gardner dies while climbing Nepal mountain: Reports (USA Today)
Sri Lanka Recovering Faster Than Expected: World Bank (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Top Kazakh oil field hits record output amid tensions with OPEC+, sources say (Reuters)
Kyrgyz Investigative Journalists Sent To Prison (Radio Free Europe)
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