Afghanistan
US lifts millions in bounties on senior Taliban officials (New York Times)
Taliban says it will swap two US prisoners for ‘Bin Laden’s special aide’ (The Telegraph)
Daughter of Taliban-imprisoned British couple fears for health amid court delay (The Independent)
Teenage Afghan girls were banned from school - now these classes are their only option (BBC)
Afghan Women Risk Taliban Wrath Over Hair Trade (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan
New bill seeks to sanction Pakistan’s army chief, free former PM Khan (The Hill)
Pakistan Jails Baloch Human Rights Activist (TIME)
India
Trump Pushes ‘Tariff King’ India to Tear Down Trade Barriers (Bloomberg)
US trade officials to visit India for trade talks amid tariff concerns (Reuters)
India eyes tariff cut on $23 bln of US imports, to shield $66 bln in exports, sources say (Reuters)
India plans to scrap digital ad tax to ease U.S. concerns, source says (Reuters)
India is hoping its manufacturing industry will profit from Trump’s tariffs on China (NPR)
Canada Says China and India May Seek to Meddle in Election (Reuters)
How India’s $14bn Muslim endowments are being plundered, even by government (Al Jazeera)
‘It felt like war’: BBC journalists recall horrors of India’s Covid lockdown (BBC)
The Indian scholar arrested in US over father-in-law’s Hamas link (BBC)
India’s Confidence About Trump’s Tariffs Is Deluded (Bloomberg – opinion)
NSB
Rohingya in Bangladesh face dire consequences if aid money drops, say UN agencies (Reuters)
UN Seeks Nearly $1 Bn In Aid For Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh (Agence France-Presse)
Sri Lanka To Host India PM Modi Next Month (Agence France-Presse)
UK sanctions former Sri Lankan commanders over civil war abuses (Reuters)
UK Sanctions Senior Combatants In Sri Lanka’s Civil War (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
WHO deems Central Asia and Caucasus states as “high priority countries” for TB infections (EurasiaNet)
Kazakhs and Uzbeks are happiest peoples in Eurasia – survey (EurasiaNet)
Central Asia’s shining star: Uzbekistan on the road to success (CNN)
Indo-Pacific
Japan backs close security ties with India, South Korea in Indo-Pacific (Reuters)
Islamic State Is Evolving, But Has The World Taken Its Eyes Off The Ball? (Radio Free Europe)
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