Afghanistan
Johnson drops Afghan visa extension to win over funding bill holdouts (Washington Examiner)
House GOP Funding Bill Brings More than 50,000 Afghans to U.S. on ‘Special Immigrant Visas’ (Breitbart)
Pakistan
Pakistan Separatists Hijack Train With 400 Onboard and Give Ultimatum (New York Times)
Pakistan Army Kills 27 Militants as Hundreds Held on Train (Bloomberg)
Pakistani security forces battle to free about 300 hostages aboard a hijacked train (AP)
Pakistan train hijack: 155 passengers rescued, others still held hostage (Reuters)
Packed passenger train in Pakistan attacked by Baloch separatists, possibly hijacked in bloody assault (CBS News)
104 hostages rescued after Pakistani train attacked, 450 taken hostage (ABC News)
Militants kill 10 people after hijacking passenger train, taking hostages in western Pakistan, officials say (CNN)
Militants attack train, take hostages in Pakistan’s Balochistan province (VOA)
India
Vance to visit India for second foreign trip as VP (Politico)
India’s steel secretary says industry does not expect major impact of US tariffs (Reuters)
Indian Americans worried over US ties under Trump, survey reveals (BBC)
China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard (Bloomberg)
Modi lands in Mauritius to back sovereignty claim over Chagos and boost maritime security (The Independent)
Musk’s Starlink could help remote parts of India get online under deals with telecoms players (AP)
Musk’s Starlink, India’s Airtel tie up to challenge Ambani in broadband race (Reuters)
India has six of the world’s 10 most polluted cities, report shows (NBC News)
Is it safe to travel to India? Travel advice amid fears for women’s safety (The Independent)
Modi’s nationalists demand destruction of ‘thief’ emperor’s tomb (The Times)
NSB
Bangladesh: Rohingya fear crime surge amid food ration cuts (Deutsche Welle)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan Aims to Increase Oil Exports via BTC Pipeline (The Diplomat)
Tajik President to Visit Kyrgyzstan, Sign Border Deal, Ahead of Momentous Trilateral Summit (The Diplomat)
Tajikistan gets high marks for accommodating refugees, IDPs – UNHCR (EurasiaNet)
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