Afghanistan
An Afghan province bans all media from showing images of living things to comply with Taliban laws (AP)
China to offer Taliban tariff-free trade as it inches closer to isolated resource-rich regime (Reuters)
Pakistan
In a Region of Majestic Beauty, Sunnis and Shiites Wage Bloody War (New York Times)
Wife of Pakistan’s imprisoned former premier Imran Khan freed on bail (AP)
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi freed from jail on bail (Reuters)
Will Pakistan’s Imran Khan get out of jail after his wife’s release? (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan requests $1 bln in IMF climate cash and sees reserves rising (Reuters)
Pakistan militant attack kills 10 frontier police, sources say (Reuters)
Chikungunya surge in Pakistan: What we know about the mosquito-borne virus (Al Jazeera)
India
India Evacuates 1 Million as Tropical Cyclone Dana Nears (New York Times)
China, India Start Removing Troops from Border Friction Points (Bloomberg)
India, China pull back troops from last two sites in Himalayan face-off, source says (Reuters)
India-China deal raises questions about US Indo-Pacific strategy (VOA)
Scholz Pledges Stronger Trade With India to Curb China Dominance (Bloomberg)
India Names Sanjiv Khanna Chief Justice to Replace Chandrachud (Bloomberg)
2 Indian soldiers and 2 civilian porters are killed in an alleged rebel ambush in Kashmir (AP)
Four killed in militant attack in India’s Kashmir (Reuters)
‘Where will I go?’: Hindu man dead, Muslims in India’s Bahraich face attack (Al Jazeera)
India approves $119 mln fund for space startups (Reuters)
NSB
3 Arrested in Sri Lanka Over Possible Threats Against Israeli Tourists (New York Times)
Sri Lanka says 3 locals were arrested over a possible attack on Israel tourists (AP)
Central Asia
Kazakh Firm Kaspi.kz Opens Payment System to New Users to Compete With Central Bank (Bloomberg)
Still without any opposition, Uzbekistan votes for parliament (VOA)
A Strategic Opportunity for the Organization of Turkic States Amid Great Power Competition (The Diplomat)
Indo-Pacific
How Afghan, Pakistani clerics battle polio vaccine misinformation (VOA)
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