• Afghanistan
  • Taliban leader cites Quran in Eid message calling for unity and reconciliation in Afghanistan (AP)
  • Millions Of Afghan Girls Barred From School For Fourth Consecutive Year (Radio Free Europe)
• Pakistan
  • Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears? (Al Jazeera)
• India
  • Trade talks with US ‘progressing well’, says India’s trade minister (Reuters)
  • India offers US tariff cuts on farm imports, eyes trade success, government sources say (Reuters)
  • India’s steps to win over US President Trump, avert tariffs (Reuters)
  • India rejects US religious freedom report urging sanctions on its spy agency (The Independent)
  • India among top suppliers of illicit fentanyl precursors, US intelligence report says (CNN)
  • India Bars Oil Tanker Hauling Russian Crude on Documents Lapse (Bloomberg)
  • India denies entry to ship carrying Russian oil over documentation, sources say (Reuters)
  • India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship tool (Reuters)
  • India seizes goods from Amazon, Flipkart warehouses amid crackdown (Reuters)
  • Will India Join the Squad? (The Diplomat)
• NSB
  • US to give $73 million to aid Rohingya refugees, State Dept. says (Reuters)
  • UN Slightly Reduces Rations for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh (Reuters)
  • UN Halts Plan To Halve Refugee Rations For Rohingya In Bangladesh (Agence France-Presse)
  • Bangladesh says Xi Jinping would consider lowering interest on Chinese loans (Reuters)
  • China’s Xi vows deeper cooperation in meeting with Bangladesh leader (Agence France-Presse)
  • Bangladesh Ex-PM Accused Of Plotting To Overthrow Govt (Agence France-Presse)
  • Bangladesh up against time to find stolen billions: Central bank governor (Al Jazeera)
  • Bangladesh to Seal Deal with Musk’s Starlink (The Diplomat)
  • Four Harrisburg-area Bhutanese Nepali men deported; in India now, in transit to Bhutan (WHTM ABC 27 Harrisburg)
• Central Asia
  • China looks to deepen ties with Central Asia as U.S. trade tensions intensify (CNBC)
  • Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 strikes central Kazakhstan, EMSC says (Reuters)
  • Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality Celebrated At The European Parliament (Eurasia Review – opinion)
• Indo-Pacific
  • For exiled Tibetans, U.S. funding was always about more than just aid (Washington Post)
  • Myanmar junta chief to join BIMSTEC leaders’ summit in rare trip abroad (Reuters)
• Twitter
  • Afghanistan
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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