<span style="color: #222222;">In Afghanistan, sixteen people, including 12 security personnel, have been killed in a Taliban attack on an army base. Safder Mohsini, head of provincial council in the northern Baghlan province, says the insurgents abducted two soldiers and injured three others in the attack, which began late yesterday. He said the militants burned down the base before planting bombs around it. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The explosives left behind killed four tribal elders who had come to help collect the bodies. The Taliban claimed the attack and said they seized ammunition from the base.</span><br />