Afghanistan
2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap (New York Times)
Americans freed in Afghanistan-U.S. prisoner swap, Taliban says (Washington Post)
Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange (AP)
Trump’s Suspension of Refugee Admissions Puts Afghans at Risk, Advocate Says (New York Times)
Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate (Reuters)
Scores of Afghans have left for the US after their visas were processed in the Philippines (AP)
Trump seeks return of US military equipment from Afghan Taliban (VOA)
Taliban Rejects Trump’s Call to Return US Weapons Worth Billions (Bloomberg)
For Trump’s national security adviser, Afghanistan still looms large (Washington Post)
Taliban deputy tells leader there is no excuse for education bans on Afghan women and girls (AP)
Taliban deputy foreign minister calls for girls’ high schools to open (Reuters)
Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping women, aid agency chief warns (AP)
Pakistan
In Pakistan, Imran Khan’s Followers Are Counting on Trump to Free Him (New York Times)
Palestinians must have ‘self-determination and statehood’, Pakistan tells UN (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan launches security operation in the northwest after surge in violence and sectarian strife (AP)
Pakistan’s largest airport becomes operational, part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (AP)
India
Trump’s Return Has Unnerved World Leaders. But Not India. (New York Times)
India Set to Take Back 18,000 Citizens From US to Placate Trump (Bloomberg)
India likely to boost purchases of US oil, gas following Trump’s announcement (Reuters)
US Speaks to India’s Leaders for Easier Nuclear Liability Laws (Bloomberg)
Rubio will meet with peers from India, Japan, Australia after expected confirmation, officials say (AP)
India’s Economy Slows Down Just When It Was Supposed to Speed Up (New York Times)
Life in Prison for Hospital Rape and Murder That Shocked India (New York Times)
Indian state contests life sentence of murder, rape convict, seeks death, source says (Reuters)
These Rooms Give Young Indian Lovers Rare Privacy. Cue the Complaints. (New York Times)
NSB
Bangladesh medics arrested over death during 2024 revolution (Agence France-Presse)
‘They marry girls off because they are a burden’: The battle to save Bangladesh’s child brides (The Telegraph)
Bangladesh needs to stop relying on its garment sector (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
Central Asia
A cruel tradition: How Kazakhstan is fighting ‘bride kidnapping’ (Deutsche Welle)
Indo-Pacific
Pakistan-Bangladesh ties warm after ex-PM Hasina’s fall (Nikkei Asia)
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