• Afghanistan
  • Taliban dismiss Trump’s claim about Chinese presence at Bagram airfield (The Independent)
  • Taliban accuses Trump of spreading misinformation (The Telegraph)
  • Taliban arrest Afghan activist who campaigned for education of girls (The Independent)
• Pakistan
  • Taliban commander killed in Pakistan: Reports (Amu TV)
  • Pakistan ‘well positioned’ for first review of IMF bailout, finance minister says (Reuters)
  • Female suicide bomber kills 1 person and injures 3 in southwest Pakistan (AP)
  • Female bomber’s attack on military convoy in southwest Pakistan kills 1 (VOA)
  • Growing space cooperation between Pakistan, China presents risks and opportunities, experts say (VOA)
• India
  • Modi Says Global Turmoil Is Time for Indian Firms to Invest More (Bloomberg)
  • India’s steel industry contemplates potential fallout from Trump administration tariffs (AP)
  • India’s exports face pressure from US, EU trade policies, govt official says (Reuters)
  • India’s fighter jet battle: US v Russia in the skies (BBC)
  • USAID cuts shutter India’s first clinic for transgender people (BBC)
  • Jagtar Singh Johal acquitted in India terror case (BBC)
  • Indian woman, 33, quietly executed in Abu Dhabi for infant’s murder (The Independent)
  • China, India Obesity Problems Driving Global Surge, Study Says (Bloomberg)
  • India’s north-south divide over Modi’s plan to redraw constituencies (Reuters)
  • Workers survive 36 hours buried under India avalanche (CNN)
  • India, EU Seek to Emerge as Poles of Stability in an Uncertain World (The Diplomat)
• NSB
  • ‘Gotham but no Batman’: Crime grips Bangladesh 6 months after Hasina fled (Al Jazeera)
  • Art Institute of Chicago returning 12-century sculpture to Nepal after finding it was stolen (CBS News)
  • Sri Lanka should avoid tax exemptions, focus on passing budget, IMF says (Reuters)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan hikes oil output to a record high of 2.12 million bpd in February, source says (Reuters)
  • Kazakhstan’s Foreign Agent Law Proposal Could Severely Impact Civil Society and Media Freedom (The Diplomat)
  • Uzbekistan trying to lure labor migrants back home (EurasiaNet)
• Indo-Pacific
  • Afghan and Pakistani forces trade fire at the border as a key crossing remains closed (AP)
  • Pakistani, Afghan security forces clash at closed main border crossing (Reuters)
  • U.S. actions may set polio eradication back, WHO says (Reuters)
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