Afghanistan
Noem’s claim that Afghan refugees can safely return to their Taliban-ruled homeland is ‘just absurd,’ advocates say (NBC News)
DHS Claims Tourism To Afghanistan Reason To End Immigration Protection (Forbes)
Taliban opens ‘dialogue’ as Congress worries about Afghans sent back after their TPS expires (Washington Examiner)
Afghan Refugees Should Be Treated as Well as South African Ones (Bloomberg – opinion)
Pakistan
Imran Khan’s sons call on Donald Trump to intervene and secure his release (The Independent)
Pakistan warns ceasefire with India could collapse over Indus Waters Treaty (The Independent)
1 killed, 10 wounded in grenade attack on pro-army rally in Pakistan (AP)
India
Trump Says India Offered to Remove All Tariffs on US Goods (Bloomberg)
Trump says India willing to charge ‘no tariffs’ on US goods (BBC)
IAEA should take charge of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, says Indian defence minister (Reuters)
Why India could not stop IMF bailout to Pakistan (BBC)
India blocks X accounts of Chinese state media over coverage of Kashmir crisis (The Guardian)
Indian travel firms report drop in Turkey bookings over Pakistan support (Reuters)
At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old insurgency (CNN)
NSB
Bangladesh to receive $1.3 billion from IMF as reform deal reached (Reuters)
IMF And Bangladesh Reach Agreement On $1.3 Bn Payout (Agence France-Presse)
Maldives parliament removes two Supreme Court judges (Al Jazeera)
Sri Lanka To Monitor Bus Drivers With AI After Worst Crash In Decades (Agence France-Presse)
Trump’s tariffs must spur Sri Lanka to deeper regional integration (Nikkei Asia – opinion)
Central Asia
Kazakh Oil Exports Near Record Again as OPEC+ Tensions Persist (Bloomberg)
Tajikistan Decriminalizes ‘Likes’ Online (The Diplomat)
Tajik-Taliban Relations Slowly Warm, But Both Sides Hedge Their Bets (EurasiaNet)
Indo-Pacific
India and Pakistan Swap Detained Soldiers as Ceasefire Holds (New York Times)
India and Pakistan Talked Big, but Satellite Imagery Shows Limited Damage (New York Times)
Indian strikes on Pakistan damaged six airfields, Post analysis finds (Washington Post)
Pakistan and India Shift to War of Words After Shooting Stops (Bloomberg)
Nuclear War Avoided, Again. But Next Time? (New York Times – opinion)
Why Trump Calmed the India-Pakistan Clash (Wall Street Journal – opinion)
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