<span style="color: #222222;">In Afghanistan, eight police personnel were killed and three others injured in Taliban attacks on security posts in western Farah province.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">  </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Provincial Council member Dadullah Qani, said the attack last night triggered an hour long battle in which the Taliban were beaten back.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">An insurgent attack on an Afghan border base in Pusht Koh in Farah on Monday had killed 20 troops while 20 others were abducted.</span><br />''