• Afghanistan
  • Afghan women have less freedom than cats, Meryl Streep says at U.N. (Washington Post)
  • Actor Meryl Streep shows solidarity at UN with Afghan women, girls (Reuters)
  • Afghan cousins who escaped the Taliban ID’d as Salt River drowning victims (Arizona Republic)
  • New GOP-backed bill would ban aid to Afghanistan to avoid giving US dollars to the Taliban (FOX News)
  • Afghanistan’s neighbors don’t want another civil war (The Hill – opinion)
  • The Global Community Must Stop Enabling the Taliban’s Abuse (The Diplomat – opinion)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan picks new chief of powerful spy agency ISI, say security source, TV channel (Reuters)
  • Pakistan names new chief for powerful ISI spy agency (VOA)
  • ‘Drug-resistant typhoid is the final warning sign’: disease spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail (The Guardian)
• India
  • US to return a trove of nearly 300 history-spanning antiquities to India (CNN)
  • India Reports Its First Case of Virulent Mpox Virus Strain (Bloomberg)
  • India reports first case of mpox from clade 1 strain, ANI says (Reuters)
  • India extends unprecedented invite to Myanmar’s anti-junta forces, sources say (Reuters)
  • Thousands protest across India seeking repeal of labour codes (Reuters)
• NSB
  • Bangladesh army chief pledges support for Yunus’ interim government ‘come what may’ (Reuters)
  • Bangladesh Picks Up the Pieces After the Revolution (Foreign Policy – opinion)
  • Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake promises change (Reuters)
  • Dissanayake’s push for Sri Lanka economic change leaves IMF deal, debt rework in limbo (Reuters)
  • Sri Lanka’s New Leader To Call Snap Parliamentary Polls (Agence France-Presse)
  • Anura Kumara Dissanayake: who is Sri Lanka’s new leftist president? (The Guardian)
  • IMF to Work With New Leftist Sri Lanka Leader on $3 Billion Loan (Bloomberg)
  • IMF says ready for talks with Sri Lanka’s new leftist government (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan Says Second-Largest Lender Is Compliant With Sanctions Despite Critical Report (Radio Free Europe)
  • New Kazakhstan, old methods: Civil society laments stalled political reforms (VOA)
  • Tajikistan To Start Winter Energy Rationing Earlier (Radio Free Europe)
  • Turkmenistan suffers energy-export setback as Turkey opts for new LNG deal (EurasiaNet)
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