• Afghanistan
  • Afghans resort to death over being sent back into Taliban’s clutches (The Telegraph)
  • Trump Admin Faces Lawsuit Over Ending More Migrant Protections (Newsweek)
  • Taliban say more than 5,000 children living with thalassemia in Afghanistan (Amu TV)
• Pakistan
  • Pakistan’s US ambassador says India, Pakistan have had contacts at national security level (Reuters)
• India
  • India ramps up diplomatic outreach as Pakistan tensions spiral (Nikkei Asia)
  • India offers to slash tariff gap by two-thirds in dash to seal trade pact with Trump (Reuters)
  • UK-India trade pact to be signed after three months, India official says (Reuters)
  • Walmart calls, but India’s garment worker woes blunt tariff edge (Reuters)
• NSB
  • Chinese embassy in Nepal advises citizens to avoid Nepal-India border region (Reuters)
  • Military helicopter plunges into reservoir in Sri Lanka, killing 5 (AP)
  • Helicopter crash in Sri Lanka kills six military personnel (Reuters)
  • Six Killed In Sri Lanka Helicopter Crash: Military (Agence France-Presse)
• Central Asia
  • Kazakhstan Says It Has No Plans to Cut Oil Production in May (Bloomberg)
  • Turkmen leader touts trade and investment during French trip (EurasiaNet)
  • Ukraine complicates Central Asian leaders’ presence at Victory Day celebration in Moscow (EurasiaNet)
• Indo-Pacific
  • Rubio urges India and Pakistan to de-escalate, backs direct dialogue (Reuters)
  • US VP Vance says war between India and Pakistan will be ‘none of our business’ (Reuters)
  • Vance urges nonintervention with India and Pakistan as conflict escalates with mass drone attacks (Washington Examiner)
  • Vance says US won’t intervene in India-Pakistan conflict: ‘None of our business’ (The Guardian)
  • Danger Grows as India and Pakistan Appear to Escalate Military Clash (New York Times)
  • Fog of war thickens as India and Pakistan trade blame and accusations (Washington Post)
  • Pakistan and India accuse each other of drone attacks as tensions mount (Washington Post)
  • India Says It Intercepted Missiles and Drones Launched by Pakistan (Wall Street Journal)
  • India, Pakistan Trade Blame for More Strikes as US Seeks Calm (Bloomberg)
  • Indian and Pakistan troops swap intense artillery fire overnight (AP)
  • India reports strikes on military bases, Pakistan denies any role (BBC)
  • How the US military guards against India-Pakistan nuclear war (Washington Examiner – opinion)
• Twitter
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  • India
  • NSB
  • Central Asia

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