• Afghanistan
  • Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair (Washington Post)
  • The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN says (AP)
  • Gunmen kill 14 in a Shiite area of Afghanistan in one of the deadliest attacks this year (AP)
  • Afghanistan’s Hazara Community Needs Protection (Human Rights Watch)
  • War, deforestation, flooding: in Afghanistan they are all linked (The Guardian)
  • Iran to deport two million Afghans in expulsion programme (The Telegraph)
  • Not all is well inside the Taliban (Al Jazeera – opinion)
  • What the ‘Willful Blindness’ report misses about Afghanistan’s tragedy (The Hill – opinion)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan court grants bail to 10 MPs linked to jailed ex-PM Imran Khan (Agence France-Presse)
  • Pakistan braces for deadliest year for journalists, setting grim record (VOA)
  • Islamic State claims responsibility for weekend bombing that killed 2 police officers in Pakistan (AP)
• India
  • Delhi Leader Calls For Early Election After Release From Prison (Bloomberg)
  • New Delhi’s chief minister announces resignation two days after he was released on bail (AP)
  • Arvind Kejriwal, just out of prison, to resign as Delhi chief minister (Reuters)
  • Ex-head of India’s RG Kar College charged for alleged evidence tampering in rape case (Reuters)
  • Rohingya detainees protest ‘abominable’ conditions in Indian camp (VOA)
  • Two Indian soldiers killed days ahead of Kashmir polls (Agence France-Presse)
  • Indian Hindu Group In Kashmir Readies For Landmark Vote (Agence France-Presse)
• NSB
  • A US delegation talks with Bangladesh’s interim leader about the economy (AP)
  • US to give Bangladesh $202 million more in aid (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh eyes ‘reset, reform, restart’ after U.S. delegation visit (Nikkei Asia)
  • China throws fresh support line to crisis-threatened Maldives (Reuters)
  • Sri Lanka’s war-scarred north hopes vote will bring change (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan: New rules on media access spark controversy, complaints (EurasiaNet)
  • Almaty Hotel Cancels Deal To Host Kazakh Group Opposing Nuclear Plant (Radio Free Europe)
  • Germany to increase Kazakh crude oil imports, sources say (Reuters)
  • Kyrgyz Opposition Politician Beknazarov Accused Of Money Laundering (Radio Free Europe)
  • Germany Seals Migration Deal With Uzbekistan During Scholz Visit (Bloomberg)
• Twitter
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