Dozens of Afghan police personnel and soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan Province, while reports from the southeastern city of Ghazni indicate security forces have managed to push the Taliban back after five days of fierce fighting.
![Security forces lift dead body of colleague after Taliban attack on US consulate. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Afghanstan/Dead_Body_Carry_Herat_Afghan_AFP.jpg?itok=u-2WVuy8 "Security forces lift dead body of colleague after Taliban attack on US consulate. [AFP]")
