Afghanistan
Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN says (AP)
Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment (The Guardian)
Fourth Man Publicly Executed In Afghanistan In Same Day: Supreme Court (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan
Pakistan To Send Delegation To The US For Tariff Negotiations (Agence France-Presse)
After Ukraine, Trump is now eyeing Pakistan’s rare minerals (The Independent)
Pakistan warns it may expel thousands of Afghans hoping for resettlement in the West (AP)
Pakistan’s Deportation Drive Sees Mass Exodus Of Afghans Ahead Of Deadline (Radio Free Europe)
China’s loan rollovers keep Pakistan afloat amid record debt (Nikkei Asia)
Pakistan to seek fresh bids for national airline, says adviser (Reuters)
India
India Wants a US Trade Deal With an ‘Urgency’ Not Seen Before (Bloomberg)
US Extradites Key Suspect in Mumbai Terror Attacks That Killed 166 People (AP)
Canadian wanted for 2008 Mumbai attacks arrives in India after US extradition (Reuters)
Alleged co-conspirator in Mumbai terror attacks lands in India after being extradited from US (CNN)
Man accused of Mumbai terror attacks remanded in custody (BBC)
Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India ‘to beat’ Trump tariffs, sources say (Reuters)
Will trade-shy India gain edge in tariff-driven slowdown? (BBC)
The India-US Nuclear Deal: Untying the Gordian Knot of Nuclear Liability (The Diplomat)
From Daikin to Samsung, companies fight Modi over e-waste policy (Reuters)
NSB
Bangladesh Families Seek Sons Feared Fighting For Russia (Agence France-Presse)
Case for the US and Bhutan to Establish Formal Diplomatic Relations (The Diplomat)
Sri Lanka Police Chief Gets Bail Ahead Of Likely Sacking (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan discovers rare earths reserve said to be third-largest in the world (Euronews)
US strikes mineral deals with Uzbekistan – Tashkent report (EurasiaNet)
Central Asian states join World Health Organization effort to eliminate tuberculosis (EurasiaNet)
Indo-Pacific
Nearly 100 killed after heavy rain in India, Nepal (Reuters)
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