THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. chief war crimes prosecutor pledged on Wednesday to conduct the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic efficiently, learning from the unfinished trial of former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic.

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia’s top peace envoy Miroslav Lajcak lifted a travel ban for the family of Bosnian Serb former leader Radovan Karadzic, who was extradited to The Hague war crimes tribunal on Wednesday after 11 years on run.

KABUL (Reuters) – More foreign fighters are joining the ranks of Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan as militants increasingly cross the border from Pakistan to attack Afghan and Western troops, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.