Afghanistan
Taliban’s former ambassador to Spain is detained by U.S. immigration officials (Politico)
Federal judge declines to release detained former Taliban ambassador (Axios)
Russian authorities move to lift the terrorist designation for the Taliban (AP)
Russia: Supreme Court to consider suspending ban on Taliban (Deutsche Welle)
Bridging the Gap: Karzai, the Taliban, and the US Dilemma in Afghanistan (The Diplomat)
A midwife says of the aid cuts in Afghanistan: ‘No one prioritizes women’s lives.’ (NPR)
Pakistan
U.S. arrests B.C. man, says he smuggled goods to Pakistan’s atomic bomb program (Vancouver Sun)
Uncertainty Torments Afghan Refugees Facing Deportation from Pakistan (New York Times)
Afghan musicians face peril as refugees forced out of Pakistan (Reuters)
Who Is Mahrang Baloch, The Rights Advocate Arrested By Pakistan On Terrorism Charges? (Radio Free Europe)
Pakistan saw the highest number of militant attacks during Ramadan for a decade (AP)
Charity-seekers from all over Pakistan flock to Karachi at Ramadan to collect alms (NPR)
India
US Slams High India Duties on Farm Goods Before April 2 Tariffs (Bloomberg)
Trump’s Russian Oil Threat Pushes India to Seek Alternatives (Bloomberg)
India trains thousands of medics to promote vaccine in huge push to end cervical cancer (The Guardian)
India Forecasters Warn Abnormally Hot Summer Looms (Agence France-Presse)
Will US Tariffs Lift the Veil on India’s Drug Safety Problem? (Bloomberg – opinion)
NSB
As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening (New York Times)
There’s No Party Like an Iftar Party for Bangladesh’s Aspiring Leaders (New York Times)
As Bangladesh builds ties with China, India looks on (Deutsche Welle)
Battery Boom Drives Bangladesh Lead Poisoning Epidemic (Agence France-Presse)
Designate Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami as a foreign terrorist organization (Washington Examiner – opinion)
Nepal’s girls face new child marriage fears amid debate to change law (Al Jazeera)
Central Asia
EU-Central Asia: Preparing for first-of-its-kind summit meeting aimed at bolstering trade (EurasiaNet)
Europe Looks East to Central Asia (The National Interest)
Q&A: We have a historic chance to make our region prosperous, Uzbekistan president tells Euronews (Euronews)
Three dead in gas explosion at Uzbekistan mosque, authorities say (Reuters)
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