A US-led soldier has been killed in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan, marking the first NATO casualty in the war-torn country in 2012, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announces, Press TV reports.

At least 565 coalition forces have been killed in the US-led war in Afghanistan in 2011, the second highest toll since the invasion of the Asian country in 2011.

SARAVAN/ZAHEDAN- The Union of Sunni Seminaries in Sistan-Baluchistan Established an important session attended by all rectors of religious schools across the province of Sistan-Baluchistan in “A’yn-ul-Uloom Gosht” of Saravan on Saturday, December 17, 2011.

TEHRAN- Following the issuance of some illegal orders by the Iranian government in the name of “Reformation of Sunni Seminaries” which has been named newly “Council of Sunni Seminaries’ Schematization,” Sunni parliamentarians wrote a letter to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenehi.

Boosted by the success of Islamists in neighboring countries, a leading Islamist party in Algeria plans to quit the ruling coalition and press for constitutional reforms.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the Maldivian capital of Male to urge the government to enforce Islamic law and halt anti-Islamic activities, including a plan to allow direct flights to Israel, Agence France Presse reported on Saturday, December 24.

A number of innocent people were killed last month in International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrikes in Paktia, Kandahar and Kapisa provinces, investigators said on Saturday.

Taliban militants claim that they have shot down a US-led chopper operated by NATO in war-torn Afghanistan’s troubled south.

A Malaysian Muslim woman  was crowned Monday, December 19, the best preacher in a televised reality TV show that aims to change conservative mindset about the role of women in Muslim societies.

A NATO spokesman says the US-led forces will continue nighttime attacks in Afghanistan despite widespread condemnation of the raids by Afghan people and officials.