Afghanistan
Taliban Change Tune Towards Afghan Heritage Sites (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan
Pakistan to Boost US Imports and Investments, Finance Chief Says (Bloomberg)
Islamabad Says More Than 100,000 Afghans Left Pakistan In April (Agence France-Presse)
Fleeing Pakistan, Afghans Rebuild From Nothing (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan Extends Detention For Ethnic Baloch Activist: Lawyer (Agence France-Presse)
Passenger truck falls into a ravine in southern Pakistan, killing at least 13 (AP)
Christian is sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan after ‘desecrating the Koran’ (Daily Mail)
India
It’s All Sunshine as the Vance Family Arrives in India (New York Times)
US Says Major Trade Progress Made With India During Vance Visit (Bloomberg)
Vance and Modi meet in New Delhi to discuss trade deal and avoid US tariffs (AP)
Modi, Vance tout progress on India-US trade deal (Reuters)
India’s Modi and U.S. Vice President Vance optimistic on New Delhi-Washington trade deal (CNBC)
Vance in India for talks with Modi, visit to Akshardham Temple (The Hill)
JD Vance Will Have to Mind His Manners in India (Bloomberg – opinion)
India’s Modi to Meet Saudi Crown Prince to Talk Trade, Oil (Bloomberg)
India, Saudi Arabia exploring joint refinery, petrochemical projects, Modi says (Reuters)
India imposes temporary tariff on some steel to stem cheap imports from China (Reuters)
India under tariff pressure to give Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart full market access (Financial Times)
ICE arrests illegal immigrant with alleged terror ties in California, one of the most wanted men in India (FOX News)
NSB
Bangladesh’s Yunus Mourns ‘Kindred Spirit’ Pope Francis (Agence France-Presse)
Sri Lanka Praises Pope Francis’s ‘Commitment To Peace’ (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
US investor Cameron offers $5 billion for Kazakh mining giant, ERG says no sale talks (Reuters)
How Turkmenistan’s Government Neglects Its People (And Why the World Should Care) (The Diplomat)
Internet life in Turkmenistan detected! (EurasiaNet)
Cup of coffee stirs Russian-language debate in Uzbekistan (EurasiaNet)
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