Afghanistan
Marginalising Women A Major Curb On Afghan Economy: UNDP (Agence France-Presse)
Pakistan
Leaders May Talk Tough, but War Is the Last Thing Pakistanis Want (New York Times)
The threat of a war with India empties a scenic Pakistani valley of summer tourists (AP)
Pakistani Kashmir closes seminaries fearing Indian military strikes (Reuters)
Pakistani Kashmir Orders Stockpiling Of Food As India Tensions Flare (Agence France-Presse)
Fears of attack in Pakistan-administered Kashmir amid acute India tensions (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan central bank likely to hold policy rate amid geopolitical tension, inflation concern: Reuters poll (Reuters)
US-Pakistani Engagement Focuses On Strategic Priority On Strategic Minerals And Security Coordination (Eurasia Review – opinion)
India
Adani Group Gets Modi’s Blessing as It Expands Mega India Port (Bloomberg)
India will include caste details in its next census (AP)
Air India sees Pakistan airspace ban costing it $600 million over 12 months, seeks aid (Reuters)
Children fall ill in India ‘after dead snake found in school meal’ (BBC)
NSB
Bangladesh’s Influential Islamists Promise Sharia As They Ready For Polls (Agence France-Presse)
Sri Lanka vows closer ties with China and India’s left (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
Kazakh central bank to sell up to $1.05 billion in May from national fund (Reuters)
US deports 131 undocumented Central Asian migrants to Uzbekistan (The Hill)
Trump’s DHS Gets Uzbekistan to Fund Deportation Flight of Its Own Nationals (Breitbart)
US Deports Over 100 Central Asian Nationals With Uzbekistan’s Cooperation (Radio Free Europe)
After Samarkand summit, Europe’s quest for Central Asian resources meets reality (EurasiaNet)
Is the EU Beating the U.S. in Central Asia? (The National Interest – opinion)
Indo-Pacific
U.S. and U.N. Urge De-escalation Between India and Pakistan (New York Times)
US Seeks to Stop India-Pakistan Tensions Sparking Wider Conflict (Bloomberg)
Vance says US hopes Pakistan cooperates with India against Pakistan-based militants (Reuters)
JD Vance Reacts to India-Pakistan ‘Hotspot’ Amid Nuclear Tension (Newsweek)
Rubio calls officials in India, Pakistan in push to defuse crisis (The Hill)
Rubio plays peacemaker in India-Pakistan tensions after Kashmir attack (Washington Examiner)
The $10bn India-Pakistan trade secret hidden by official data (Al Jazeera)
Businesses count costs as India and Bangladesh impose trade restrictions (BBC)
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