Afghanistan
The US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says Kabul (AP)
Taliban says US has lifted $10 million reward for information on Sirajuddin Haqqani (Reuters)
American freed by Taliban reunited with wife, former cellmate, in US (Reuters)
American Glezmann Returns Home After 2-Year Detention In Afghanistan (Radio Free Europe)
Uncertainty Clouds The Future Of Thousands Of Afghans Seeking US Migration (Radio Free Europe)
Undocumented Afghans In Iran Face Uncertain Future Amid New Restrictions (Radio Free Europe)
UNICEF calls on the Taliban to lift ban on girls’ education as new school year begins in Afghanistan (AP)
Getting Out of Afghanistan’s Opium Quagmire (The Diplomat)
Pakistan
Pakistan Is Trying to Integrate the ‘Most Dangerous Place’ on Earth. It’s Failing. (New York Times)
Pakistani security forces kill 16 militants attempting to cross border from Afghanistan (AP)
Pakistan army says it killed 16 Islamist militants on Afghan border (Reuters)
Pakistan charges Baloch activist with ‘terrorism’ (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan Gunmen Kill Four Punjabi Labourers, Four Police (Agence France-Presse)
‘He only wanted revenge’: the bloody insurgency in Balochistan gaining lethal momentum (The Guardian)
India
U.S trade officials to visit India for trade talks from Tuesday (Reuters)
India-China relations: Modi’s hope for a thaw amid uncertain geopolitics (BBC)
Why India Must Stop Ignoring Bangladesh’s Interim Government (The Diplomat)
Controversy erupts in India as wads of cash found at senior judge’s home (The Independent)
Comedian’s jokes about an Indian state leader are being investigated as potential defamation (AP)
Prices slide as India unwinds ban on rice exports (Financial Times)
NSB
Arrested ARSA leader blamed for violence against Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (Radio Free Asia)
MPs think they may have been targets of ‘disinformation’ over Bangladesh inquiry (The Guardian)
USAID In Sri Lanka: Controversy And Reality (Eurasia Review – opinion)
Central Asia
WrestleMania Central Asian-style: great powers battle for region’s critical minerals (EurasiaNet)
Russian Crackdown On Central Asian Migrants Continues A Year After Moscow Terror Attack (Radio Free Europe)
In the Face of Oppression, Feminist Resistance in Kazakhstan Persists (The Diplomat)
Indo-Pacific
Migrants Deported to Panama Ask: ‘Where Am I Going to Go?’ (New York Times)
Trump extends State Department deadline for new travel bans (Washington Examiner)
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