Taliban overruns an Afghan army base, killing 14

Taliban fighters overran an Afghan National Army outpost in Helmand province in the country's south late Friday night and by Saturday morning had killed as many as 14 soldiers in one of the insurgents' deadliest attacks against Afghan soldiers this year, local officials said. Elsewhere in Helmand province, the army battled for the third day against insurgents who had fought their way onto the army's main base in the south, Camp Bastion.

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