Afghanistan
Afghan charged in Election Day terror plot passed multiple screenings (VOA)
Afghan man charged with Election Day terror plot screened multiple times, worked CIA security job (FOX News)
Taliban-linked Afghan entered US this month from Turkey on visa, congressman says (Washington Examiner)
Top lawmaker demands Biden reveal if other terrorists have been let in the U.S. after Afghan’s deadly Election Day plot (Daily Mail)
Pakistan
IMF’s New Demand Set to Dissuade China Investments in Pakistan (Bloomberg)
Saudi businessmen sign 27 memorandum of understanding with Pakistan valued at $2 billion (AP)
Gunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan (AP)
At least 20 killed in attack on miners in southwestern Pakistan, police say (Reuters)
Two suspected Pakistani militants behind 2021 attack on Chinese killed in shootout (Reuters)
Pakistan’s banned PTM: A movement for Pashtun rights (VOA)
Pakistan’s Pashtun Movement Plans To Go Ahead With Assembly Despite Recent Violence (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan ends power deals to save $1.48 billion, cut tariffs (Reuters)
India
Ratan Tata, Indian billionaire and philanthropist, dies at 86 (Washington Post)
Ratan Tata, Beloved Indian Industrialist Who Made Tata a Global Business, Dies at 86 (Wall Street Journal)
China still challenges India in the Himalayas as BRICS summit approaches (The Hill – opinion)
The U.S., EU, and India must come together in a free trade agreement on clean energy, says CEO of one of India’s largest renewables company (Fortune – opinion)
NSB
Bangladesh likely to keep power deal with India’s Adani, sources say (Reuters)
Bangladeshi Hindus voice fear, anxiety as Durga Puja begins (VOA)
Bangladesh Islamist Chief Backs Crimes Against Humanity Trial For Ex-PM (Agence France-Presse)
Why is pro-China Maldives leader Muizzu seeking to mend India ties? (Al Jazeera)
Central Asia
Kyrgyzstan raises issue of extending validity of US visas for students (Kabar)
Kyrgyz court finds four journalists guilty of inciting unrest (Reuters)
Trial of 11 Journalists in Kyrgyzstan Ends in Prison Sentences and Acquittals (The Diplomat)
Kyrgyz Investigative Journalists Jailed As Media Crackdown Continues (Radio Free Europe)
Russia’s Putin begins a visit to Turkmenistan for forum with regional leaders, including Iran (AP)
Russia’s Putin visits Turkmenistan, talks of need for new world order (Reuters)
Uzbekistan accepts ambassador from Taliban-led Afghanistan (VOA)
Indo-Pacific
Blinken tells ASEAN the US is worried about China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in disputed sea (AP)
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