<span style="color: #222222;">The Taliban besieged a government and army compound in a remote western province of Afghanistan for the second consecutive day on Friday, killing at least 12 more troops. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The latest fatalities brought the overall death toll for the assault in Badghis province to at least 32 Afghan soldiers and policemen. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Provincial council member Mohammad Nasir Nazari said many more have been wounded and the area is cut off. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said roughly 2,000 Taliban fighters are involved in the attack, with about 600 Afghan troops and members of the security forces inside the base in the Bala Murghab district. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Taliban attack first began before dawn yesterday, when the insurgents stormed all the security posts around the government compound and killed at least 20 soldiers and policemen. </span><br />''