<span style="color: #222222;">In Afganistan, 15 security personnel have been killed in an assault by Taliban on two security outposts in western Badghis province. Another 11 soldiers were hurt in the onslaught on Friday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ziauddinn Akazai, a lawmaker in the province, said the Taliban overran the two outposts in Bala Murghab district. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Taliban have inflicted staggering casualties on Afghanistan's security forces in relentless attacks over the past year, even as the insurgents are talking peace with the United States.</span>