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.

ZAHEDAN/MASHHAD- The eminent Islamic scholar and senior teacher of Darululoom Zahedan, Shaikh Hafedh Muhammad Ali Shahbakhsh, was released on bail in northern city of Iran, Mashhad, on Wednesday evening Dec. 14, 2011.

A senior Afghan official has accused Britain of involvement in illicit narcotics trade in Afghanistan, Press TV reports.

Seven NATO oil tankers have gone up in flames and a truck driver has been killed in another militant attack in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan.

The deputy commander of the Pakistan Taliban confirmed the two sides were in peace talks.

Malaysia government has launched a new portal on Islam to serve as a source of reference for Muslims to get information and guidance on matters related to the teachings of Islam, the Malaysia Star reported on Tuesday, December 6.

Pakistan Military has pulled out its troops from at least two of the three centers meant to coordinate military activity across the Afghan border.

A suicide attack killed dozens of Shi’ite Muslims at a crowded Kabul shrine on Tuesday, and four others died in a smaller blast in a key northern city, in Afghanistan.