Afghanistan
Trump administration weighs closing office overseeing resettlement of Afghans to the U.S. (NBC News)
These Soldiers Risked Their Lives Serving in Afghanistan. Now They Plead With Trump to Let Their Sister into the US (ProPublica)
US troops, Afghan allies say executive orders endanger their families (Military Times)
Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins unfair dismissal case (BBC)
Pakistan
Pakistan steps up arrests of Afghans without papers. Kabul says it’s a move to expel all refugees (AP)
Afghanistan says Pakistan carrying out mass expulsion of refugees (Reuters)
Taliban confirm Pakistan’s new plan for swift mass eviction of Afghan refugees (VOA)
Afghan embassy says nationals face arrests, expulsions in Pakistan capital (Al Jazeera)
Gunmen kill police officer assigned to guard polio workers in northwestern Pakistan (AP)
Five Britons arrested in Pakistan after gunmen kill four family members (The Telegraph)
India
Indian prime minister’s party names a woman as top government official in New Delhi state (AP)
Trump says unfair to US if Musk builds Tesla factory in India (Reuters)
Top Indian drugmakers bank on bilateral talks for relief from planned US tariffs (Reuters)
India’s space regulator launches $58 million fund to boost startups, cut reliance on imports (Reuters)
Outrage over Indian YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia raises social media regulation concerns (AP)
Hundreds of books seized from stores in Kashmir as Indian police crack down on dissent (The Guardian)
Trump-Modi Meeting Strengthened U.S.-India Relationship (Newsweek – opinion)
NSB
Rohingya in limbo as some aid groups suspend health services at Bangladesh camps (Radio Free Asia)
US grants for two key Nepal infrastructure projects suspended after Trump order (Reuters)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan Seeks Talks With Ukraine After Drones Attack Oil Pipe (Bloomberg)
VOA Uzbek: Kazakh officials voice support for US-Russia talks (VOA)
Tajikistan to publish new dress ‘guidelines’ for women (Agence France-Presse)
Turkmenistan making moves to integrate into Middle Corridor trade routes (EurasiaNet)
Investigate Uzbekistan Deaths, Serious Injuries in Custody (Human Rights Watch)
Indo-Pacific
Costa Rica could hold US deportees for up to six weeks, president says (Reuters)
Migrants in Panama deported from US moved to Darien jungle region (Reuters)
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