• Afghanistan
  • At UN, growing calls for reversal of latest Taliban edict against women (VOA)
  • G.O.P. Report to Denounce Biden Administration Over Afghanistan Withdrawal (New York Times)
  • McCaul claims ex-ambassador faked Covid test after Afghanistan withdrawal (Axios)
  • The hospital struggling to save its starving babies (BBC)
• Pakistan
  • Fierce border clashes erupt between Pakistan and Afghanistan (VOA)
  • Supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned ex-PM Imran Khan rally to demand his release (AP)
  • Massive opposition rally in Pakistan calls for release of jailed ex-PM Khan (VOA)
  • Pakistan struggling to seal $7bn IMF bailout for crisis-hit economy (Nikkei Asia)
  • Alarm In Pakistan As First Polio Case Reported In Capital In 16 Years (Radio Free Europe)
  • Pakistani man charged over alleged plot to attack New York City Jewish center around Oct. 7 (Reuters)
  • Pakistan’s fragile path to economic stability requires deeper reforms (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
• India
  • U.S. Adds India to Its Global Semiconductor Alliance (Foreign Policy)
  • ‘Cow Vigilantes’ Have India’s Muslims on Edge (New York Times)
  • Ethnic violence in India’s Manipur escalates, six killed (Reuters)
  • India’s top court orders protesting doctors to resume work by Tuesday (Reuters)
  • Gangs Are Making Millions Helping Indians Cheat on Exams (Wall Street Journal)
  • India reports case of mpox in traveller from affected country (Reuters)
  • India Is Better Off Inside Trade Deals Than Out (Bloomberg – opinion)
• NSB
  • Bangladesh calls for faster resettlement process for Rohingya (Reuters)
  • Fearing reprisals, Hasina’s supporters flee Bangladesh (VOA)
  • ‘She’s the one who shattered us’: families of slain Bangladesh students want to hold Sheikh Hasina to account (The Guardian)
  • Weight, speed of Nepal plane in July crash did not match guidelines, probe finds (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • Russia doesn’t like growing US economic role in Central Asia, but seems powerless to stop it (EurasiaNet)
  • Kazakhstan expects significant oil output cut during Kashagan maintenance (Reuters)
  • Kyrgyzstan follows regional trend, takes Taliban off terrorist list (VOA)
  • Struggling to Stem Extremism, Tajikistan Targets Beards and Head Scarves (New York Times)
  • Uzbekistan’s Increasingly Influential First Daughter Seen As Successor To President Mirziyoev (Radio Free Europe)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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