Afghanistan
Afghanistan, The Only Country Where Images Of Living Things Are Banned (Radio Free Europe)
Taliban’s ‘Photo Ban’ Will Be Impossible To Enforce, Afghan Photojournalist Says (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan
US puts curbs on firms for supporting Iran, Pakistan weapons programs (Agence France-Presse)
Judicial Overhaul Squeaks Through After High Political Drama in Pakistan (New York Times)
Pakistan passes constitutional amendment empowering parliament to pick top judge (Reuters)
Pakistan’s government curbs judiciary’s power after alleged harassment of MPs (The Guardian)
Critics concerned as Pakistan parliament moves to pick new chief justice (VOA)
A million children in Pakistan miss polio vaccine shots as cases spike (CNN)
2 transgender women stabbed to death at home in northwest Pakistan (AP)
India
India says it has reached a deal with China to patrol disputed border (Washington Post)
China, India End Border Impasse Ahead of Likely Xi-Modi Meet (Bloomberg)
India says it has reached a pact with China on military patrols along their disputed border (AP)
India, China reach pact to resolve border conflict, Indian foreign minister says (Reuters)
Indian traders hopeful after China border patrol deal announced (VOA)
Four Years in Jail Without Trial: The Price of Dissent in Modi’s India (New York Times)
Forging New Alliances: India’s BRICS Summit Diplomacy in Russia (The Diplomat)
India’s Kashmir Sees Major Attack on Migrant Workers Since Polls (Bloomberg)
India says ‘enough’ after fake bomb threats against almost 100 flights (NBC News)
Kolkata rape-murder case: Indian doctors call off protest hunger strike (Reuters)
Cyclone Dana: Schools shut in eastern India, tourists asked to leave (Reuters)
Sixteen farmers arrested for burning crop waste as pollution rises in north India (Reuters)
Two plead guilty to murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Mali (AP)
NSB
The Problem With Bangladesh’s Reform Commissions (The Diplomat)
Central Asia
Central Asian states make progress in addressing hunger (EurasiaNet)
Kazakhstan confronts water scarcity head-on (EurasiaNet)
Uzbekistan announces $1.3 bln in waste-to-energy projects (Reuters)
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