Afghanistan
Trump Administration Cancels Flights for Refugees Already Approved for Travel (New York Times)
Afghan refugees feel abandoned after Trump executive order halts flights (Washington Post)
Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension (AP)
Afghan Americans fearful after Trump order halts refugee program (Reuters)
Trump order suspending refugee resettlement affects US Afghan allies, says advocacy group (VOA)
Exemption From Trump Refugee Order Sought for 15K Afghans Fleeing Taliban (Newsweek)
Afghans In Mexico Anxious But Defiant As U.S. Shuts Down Immigration App (Radio Free Europe)
New photo shows American released from Afghanistan after 2022 imprisonment (Scripps News)
Islamic State claims responsibility for Chinese national killed in Afghanistan (Reuters)
Islamic State claims killing of Chinese national in Afghanistan (VOA)
Pakistan
Pakistan Seeks Extradition of Imran Khan-Linked Property Tycoon (Bloomberg)
Pakistani government proposes sweeping controls on social media (AP)
Pakistan’s Human Trafficking Problem (The Diplomat)
India
India and US trying to arrange Modi meeting with Trump next month, sources say (Reuters)
India to Overcome Impact From Trump Policies, Modi Official Says (Bloomberg)
At least 12 rail passengers killed in western India after jumping onto tracks over train fire alert (AP)
At least 11 killed in rail accident in west India, local media says (Reuters)
Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumour (BBC)
India expands Russian insurers’ pool after US sanctions (Reuters)
EU aims high ahead of mission to India in late February (Politico)
A tech-savvy Maha Kumbh: India aims for a safer religious festival (Reuters)
Toxic waste from world’s deadliest gas leak fuels protests in India (BBC)
NSB
Bangladesh Student Revolutionaries’ Dreams Dented By Joblessness (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Water level is rising in Kazakhstan’s portion of Aral Sea (EurasiaNet)
Indo-Pacific
India and Maldives Reticent Over Alleged RAW-Backed Coup Plot (The Diplomat)
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