South & Central Asia

US deportation flight carrying undocumented Indian migrants lands in Punjab 

India has said that it is open to the return of undocumented Indians in the United States if their nationality is verified 

What will happen to USAID programs in Central Asia?

India PM Modi's party seeks to oust anti-corruption crusader in New Delhi state elections

Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is up against the AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, which runs New Delhi and has built a vast support base on its welfare policies and an anti-corruption movement

Taliban threaten to use US arms to thwart attempts to retake them 

First official response from the government in Kabul to President Donald Trump’s pledge to retrieve US arms from the de facto Islamist Afghan leaders    

Russian-Ukraine war fuels resurgence of the new Silk Road

Pakistan sets deadline for Western nations to relocate Afghan allies

The individuals in question took refuge in Pakistan after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, primarily seeking shelter from potential retribution due to their affiliations with the US and NATO forces

Facing tariff threats, India lowers import duties to signal it is not protectionist 

The lower duties could help increase American exports to India but may not satisfy Trump, say analysts 

US-Uzbekistan military relationship solid, officials say

Taliban decry US claims about frozen Afghan assets

Afghanistan's Taliban renew call for the international community to return more than $9 billion in 'assets' to the central bank

Insurgent attack kills 18 soldiers in southwestern Pakistan

Officials say ensuing gun battles and retaliatory operations elsewhere in Balochistan killed 23 insurgents

EU: Human rights progress needed to preserve Pakistan's trade privileges

Pakistani and international free media advocacy groups, along with human rights activists, have condemned the amended ‘cybercrime law’ and call for its repeal