Officials in southern Afghanistan are investigating the theft of almost $1.5 million from a branch of the country's central bank.
Scores of worshipers have been killed in the latest Taliban attack on Pakistan's beleaguered Shi'ite minority.
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Pakistan to take on all militant groups that threaten its domestic security, the region and the United States.
After months of wrangling over names for key posts, Afghanistan's national unity government has finally announced nominees for the cabinet.
A military-run school in northwestern Pakistan has reopened after the Taliban killed more than 150 students and teachers on December 16.
