• Afghanistan
  • Veterans Race to Bring Afghan Allies to U.S. Before Trump Travel Ban (New York Times)
  • Afghans who helped the U.S. military blocked from reaching American soil (CBS News)
  • USAID cuts could be ‘death sentence’ for Afghan women studying abroad (NBC News)
• Pakistan
  • ‘Screams Were Echoing Everywhere’: A Train Hijacking’s 36 Hours of Terror (New York Times)
  • Pakistan’s security crisis deepens as train hijacking ends in bloodshed (Washington Post)
  • Pakistan’s Army Says Train Hijacking Ends With 21 Passengers Dead (Wall Street Journal)
  • Pakistan Train Hijacking Ends With More Than 50 People Killed (Bloomberg)
  • Pakistan’s leader to meet with survivors and commandos who ended an insurgents’ train attack (AP)
  • The Balochistan Separatist Movement in Pakistan: What to Know (New York Times)
  • What’s Behind the Surge in Attacks and Train Hijacking in Pakistan’s Restive Southwest? (AP)
  • Does Trump’s Public Praise for Pakistan Signal a Change in US Foreign Policy toward Islamabad? (The Diplomat)
• India
  • At US request, India arrests crypto administrator accused of money laundering (Reuters)
  • India arrests man accused of running $96 billion crypto exchange at request of US (CNN)
  • US tariffs on India will be a bitter pill to swallow (BBC)
  • India, Mauritius upgrade strategic ties with eye on China (VOA)
  • India respects Mauritian sovereignty over Chagos Islands, Modi says (Nikkei Asia)
  • India holds talks with Congo for pact to source cobalt, copper, sources say (Reuters)
  • India’s War Over Words (Wall Street Journal – opinion)
• NSB
  • Acute malnutrition surges to worst level in Rohingya refugee camps amid UN’s food cuts (The Independent)
• Central Asia
  • OPEC+ Oil Production Surges as Kazakhstan Further Breaches Quota (Bloomberg)
  • Kazakhstan says it will adjust quickly to comply with OPEC+ quota (Reuters)
  • Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign deal to end long-running border dispute (Reuters)
  • Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan’s Border Agreement: Deal Of The Century? (Radio Free Europe)
  • Emmanuel Macron welcomes Shavkat Mirziyoyev for state visit to boost Franco-Uzbek relations (Euronews)
  • Will Uzbekistan’s 31-Year Effort to Join the WTO Finally Pay Off? (The Diplomat)
  • Social networks in Uzbekistan buzzing with criticism of Chinese economic practices (EurasiaNet)
• Twitter
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