• Afghanistan
  • UN warns maternal deaths in Afghanistan may rise after US funding pause (Reuters)
  • Taliban threaten to use US arms to thwart attempts to retake them (VOA)
  • Taliban holding on to $7 billion of U.S. military equipment left behind after withdrawal (CBS News)
  • The Taliban suspend Afghan women’s radio station for providing content to overseas TV channel (AP)
  • Taliban raid women’s radio station in Afghanistan: broadcaster (Agence France-Presse)
  • Afghan Allies Risked Everything for US Missions. Urgent Action Is Needed to Protect Them. (The Diplomat – opinion)
• Pakistan
  • American woman in Pakistan finally returning home after her planned marriage to a teen fell through (The Independent)
  • Pakistan Sets Deadline For West To Relocate Afghan Refugees (Radio Free Europe)
  • Death toll from last week’s gas tanker explosion in Pakistan rises to 18 (AP)
  • Pakistan’s Cyber Crimes Law Amendments Strike a Blow Against Free Speech (The Diplomat)
• India
  • Migrants Are Deported to India on U.S. Military Plane (New York Times)
  • US Deports Indian Migrants as Trump Follows Through With Threats (Bloomberg)
  • U.S. military plane deporting Indian immigrants lands in India (Reuters)
  • India looks on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat (BBC)
  • Modi Faces First Major Electoral Test After Historic Tax Cuts (Bloomberg)
  • India PM Modi’s party seeks to oust anti-corruption crusader in New Delhi state elections (AP)
  • India’s Modi takes ‘holy dips’ at Maha Kumbh, week after stampede killed dozens (Reuters)
  • Legal challenges await OpenAI chief as he visits India on global tour (Washington Post)
• NSB
  • Is India’s regional clout waning over Bangladesh cosying up to China? (South China Morning Post)
  • Edward and Sophie welcomed to Nepal by president of Himalayan nation (The Independent)
  • Sri Lanka set to finalise debt restructuring deal with Japan (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • EU-Central Asia Leaders’ Summit Back on the Agenda (The Diplomat)
  • Crashed Azerbaijani plane was riddled with holes after incident over Russia, report says (Reuters)
  • Kyrgyzstan resists Russian pressure to give sanctions-busting firms lenient treatment (EurasiaNet)
  • Uzbekistan: Where reforms can put on Janus face (EurasiaNet)
• Indo-Pacific
  • The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88 (New York Times)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS

SCA MORNING PRESS CLIPS