• Afghanistan
  • US porn actor visits Afghanistan in a trip unacknowledged by the Taliban (AP)
  • Despite restrictions, Afghan women provide health care (VOA)
  • Girls miss out on life saving surgery under Taliban ‘gender apartheid’ (The Telegraph)
• Pakistan
  • Bomb kills six at Pakistan Islamic seminary, wounds son of late Taliban doyen (Reuters)
  • Pakistan’s opposition alliance demands elections, political prisoners’ release (VOA)
  • Pakistan reports 2 new polio cases of the year despite anti-polio drives (AP)
  • Cybercrime laws risk ‘steady criminalization’ of journalists, analysts warn (VOA)
  • Bandit Rule: Pakistan’s Burning Domestic Security Issue (The Diplomat)
• India
  • India, EU to Push for a Trade Deal This Year, Says Von der Leyen (Bloomberg)
  • European Commission chief says India and EU have agreed to conclude a free trade agreement this year (AP)
  • India, EU agree to wrap up free trade pact this year (Reuters)
  • India’s first trans clinic forced to close after USAid cuts (The Telegraph)
  • India Economy’s Recovery Likely Clouded by Trade Risks Ahead (Bloomberg)
  • India names Finance Secretary Pandey to lead market regulator (Reuters)
  • IMF keeps India’s ‘stabilised’ exchange rate classification through 2024 (Reuters)
  • Dozens missing in Indian Himalayas avalanche (BBC)
  • India in talks for 10 more Airbus C-295 aircraft in ageing fleet revamp, sources say (Reuters)
  • In northeast India, a border fence could cut through villages, houses and lives (AP)
  • Militia fighters surrender looted weapons in restive Indian state (Agence France-Presse)
  • India Could Put Chabahar on Slow Burner as IMEC Gathers Pace (The Diplomat)
• NSB
  • Bangladesh student protesters to form new party in political shake-up (Financial Times)
  • US aid freeze hits health, development projects in Nepal (Deutsche Welle)
  • Nepal’s Kathmandu rattled by strong quake, no casualties reported (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan selects site for its first nuclear power station (EurasiaNet)
  • Kyrgyzstan Says To Swap Land With Tajikistan, Ending Years-long Spat (Agence France-Presse)
• Indo-Pacific
  • Key Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing remains shut, disrupting trade and movement of people (AP)
  • Refugee aid groups say Trump administration is trying to circumvent court order (AP)
  • Migrants in limbo in Panama jungle camp after being deported from US (Reuters)
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