• Afghanistan
  • DHS to end deportation protections for Afghanistan (Washington Post)
  • DHS terminates temporary protected status program for Afghans (Politico)
  • Trump administration to end deportation protections for Afghans (CBS News)
  • Afghanistan: Grappling with fall-out of dwindling foreign aid (EurasiaNet)
  • Top UK Special Forces general oversaw blocking of Afghan ‘war-crime’ witnesses to Britain (BBC)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan says clashes with neighbour India killed more than 50 (Reuters)
  • Pakistan finance minister: conflict with India won’t have large fiscal impact (Reuters)
  • ‘We hope sense will prevail,’ Pakistan’s foreign minister says as delicate India-Pakistan ceasefire holds (CNN)
  • How a US-Designated Global Terrorist Contested an Election in Pakistan (Newsweek)
• India
  • India Denies Trump’s Suggestion He Used Trade to Secure Truce (Bloomberg)
  • Modi Calls India Reaction ‘New Normal’ in Pakistan Relations (Bloomberg)
  • Modi says India has only paused military action after it and Pakistan stop firing at each other (AP)
  • India PM Modi warns Pakistan of more strikes if there is a ‘terrorist attack’ (Reuters)
  • Pakistan must get rid of its "terrorist infrastructure", India PM Modi says (Reuters)
  • Trump’s mediation offer on Kashmir puts India in a tight spot (BBC)
  • India Proposes First Counter Move Against Trump’s Tariff Regime (Bloomberg)
  • India Proposes Counter Duties Against US, Notice to WTO Shows (Reuters)
• NSB
  • Bangladesh’s interim government strips former ruling party of registration, barring it from polls (AP)
  • Ousted Bangladesh PM’s Party Barred From Election (Agence France-Presse)
  • Bangladesh Investigators Say Ousted PM Behind Deadly Crackdown (Agence France-Presse)
  • India extends financial support to debt-ridden Maldives (Reuters)
  • Nepal holds tribute for disappearing glacier (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • UAE signs agreements worth more than $5 billion with Kazakhstan, minister says (Reuters)
  • Russian Pressure and Kazakhstan’s Embattled Civil Society (The Diplomat)
  • Will Kazakhstan’s Uranium Fuel An AI Boom In Central Asia? (Forbes)
• Indo-Pacific
  • India and Pakistan Hold Talks Aimed at Extending Cease-Fire (New York Times)
  • India-Pakistan ceasefire holds. But the battle lines have changed. (Washington Post)
  • From missiles to ceasefire: how India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink (The Guardian)
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