In Afghanistan, at least two soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide car bombing at a military base in southern province on Wednesday. <br/><br/>The attack happened in Lashkargah, capital of restive Helmand province and targeted a contingent of Afghan National Army soldiers who were about to leave the base for a counter-Taliban operation in a nearby district. <br/><br/>A provincial government spokesman said two suicide bombers were on board an explosive-packed car but security forces intercepted them before they could enter the ANA base, prompting them to detonate the explosives. <br/><br/>A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, claimed its suicide bombers assaulted the base.<br/>Wednesday's attack is the third suicide bombing in Helmand in recent days, killing dozens of people. <br/><br/>Taliban insurgents control or influence a majority of the 14 districts in Helmand, which borders Pakistan.