• Afghanistan
  • The Taliban have no legal right to multibillion dollar Afghan fund, says US watchdog (AP)
  • Taliban decry US claims about frozen Afghan assets (VOA)
  • Trump at odds with US military veterans over snarled Afghan relocations (Al Jazeera)
  • At least one dead after firing incident at UN compound in Kabul (Reuters)
  • A Taliban highway could lead to the future. But it’s stuck in the past. (Washington Post)
  • The Taliban take over Afghanistan’s only luxury hotel, more than a decade after attacking it (AP)
  • The Moral and Strategic Case for Taking in the Afghan Refugees (New York Times – opinion)
• Pakistan
  • 18 Pakistani soldiers killed in fighting with separatist rebels in Balochistan (AP)
  • Jailed ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan draws parallels to President Trump in fight for justice (FOX News)
  • A police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio drive of the year is killed by gunmen (AP)
• India
  • India asks whether global tax deal can work after US withdrawal (Reuters)
  • India vows to avoid protectionist signals on trade (Reuters)
  • Putin ally says he leaves for India for ‘important’ negotiations (Reuters)
  • The Divine, the Digital and the Political at Humanity’s Largest Gathering (New York Times)
  • Hindu nationalists make gains among India’s tribes and spur backlash (Washington Post)
  • Jailed Indian Muslims fight Delhi election to ‘set the record straight’ (Al Jazeera)
  • Who Gains, Who Loses as India Doles Out $12 Billion in Tax Sops (Bloomberg)
• NSB
  • Tulip Siddiq investigators in Bangladesh assisted by National Crime Agency (The Telegraph)
  • India says Maldives’ fiscal stability at risk from recent trade pacts, without naming China and Turkey (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • Kyrgyzstan Bans Islamic Niqab As Critics Warn It Could Alienate Some Women (Radio Free Europe)
  • Georgia and Kyrgyzstan suspected of being auto suppliers for Russia, trade data indicates (EurasiaNet)
  • Back At Home, Kyrgyz And Uzbeks Get Light Punishments For Joining Russia’s War (Radio Free Europe)
  • Turkmenistan Tells Its Pensioners To Prove They Are Not Dead (Radio Free Europe)
  • Turkmenistan: Taking megalomania to new heights (EurasiaNet)
  • VOA Uzbek: US-Uzbekistan military relationship solid, officials say (VOA)
  • Uzbekistan offers prisoners reduced sentences for reading books (The Telegraph)
• Indo-Pacific
  • Old India-Pakistan rivalry drives South Asia diplomatic reshuffle (Agence France-Presse)
  • South Asia’s geopolitical landscape is shifting, creating new alliances (South China Morning Post – opinion)
• Twitter
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SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS