<span style="color: #222222;">In Afghanistan, at least 30 soldiers and police personnel were killed in a Taliban assault on two adjacent checkpoints in Baghlan province. <br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The head of the provincial council of Baghlan province, Mohammad Safdar Mohseni, said the insurgents set fire to the checkpoints after the attack late last night in the Baghlan-I Markazi district. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Taliban has claimed the responsibility for the attack. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, life is getting back to normal in the eastern city of Ghazni after at least 35 civilians were killed in recent days.</span><br />''  <br />