U.S. Central Command said the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is due to conclude by September 11, is more than 90 percent complete (Politico).
India: Indian human rights campaigners and international human rights groups mourned (Hindustan Times) an eighty-four-year-old Jesuit activist who died in state custody (FT). Stan Swamy was arrested nine months ago for allegedly having ties to Maoist rebels. He was never put on trial and was repeatedly denied bail despite having severe Parkinson’s disease.
