Afghanistan
Can’t Go Forward, Can’t Go Back: Afghan Refugees Stuck in Qatar Wait for a Way Forward (AP)
Taliban Earning Billions, Giving American Weaponry to Terrorist Groups as Afghanistan Once Again Becomes Jihadi Hotbed: Report (Washington Free Beacon)
Taliban Demands Seat at U.N. After Nearly 4 Years of Uncontested Rule (Breitbart)
Pakistan
On Pakistan’s Side of Kashmir, Locals Fear They’ll Be the First to Face India’s Ire (New York Times)
Islamist terrorist who plotted to attack iconic shopping centre and nightclub with ‘dirty bomb’ is deported to Pakistan (Daily Mail)
India
India and U.K. Strike Trade Deal Amid Global Tariff Upheaval (New York Times)
UK and India sign a ‘landmark’ trade agreement after years of tough negotiations (AP)
Britain and India clinch major trade deal in ‘new era’ of Trump tariffs (Reuters)
UK and India agree trade deal after three years of talks (BBC)
Modi says India will retain share of water it once sent outside the country (Reuters)
India plans manned space flight by 2027 (Agence France-Presse)
NSB
Bangladesh’s ailing former premier Khaleda Zia returns home (Reuters)
Ultra-long-haul flight to London makes diversion to Maldives after ‘medical incident’ mid-air (The Independent)
Central Asia
Kazakhstan Weighs Options to Fulfill Its OPEC+ Cut Obligations (Bloomberg)
Looking at ramifications of China’s shifting energy usage patterns on Central Asia (EurasiaNet)
On periphery: Papal visit, doctrinal clashes and Pope Francis’ Central Asian legacy (EurasiaNet)
Indo-Pacific
India Strikes Pakistan, Which Vows to Respond (New York Times)
India strikes Pakistan after Kashmir attack, raising fears of war (Washington Post)
Pakistan claims to have downed Indian warplanes, vows response to strikes (Washington Post)
India Launches Military Strikes Against Pakistan (Wall Street Journal)
India, Pakistan Trade Military Strikes After Kashmir Attack (Bloomberg)
India fires missiles into Pakistani territory in what Islamabad calls ‘act of war’ (AP)
Pakistan And India Say Civilians Killed After India Fires Missiles Into Pakistani Territory (Radio Free Europe)
How world leaders react to Indian strikes in Pakistan after Kashmir attack (Reuters)
Trump calls rising India-Pakistan tension a shame; Rubio speaks to both sides (Reuters)
Trump weighs in on India-Pakistan strikes: ‘I hope it ends very quickly’ (The Hill)
India vs. Pakistan Is Also U.S. vs. China When It Comes to Arms Sales (New York Times)
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