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Summary NATO troops killed 13 Taliban in Afghanistan after an overnight gun battle ended with an airstrike.
War planes targeted a school where the insurgents were holed up, Afghan and coalition officials said.Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the Nangarhar provincial governor, said the bodies of 13 insurgents have been found so far.He said the building occupied by the Taliban was school which was empty because the students are on summer break.On the other hand, the NATO handed over control for security in central Bamiyan province to Afghan security forces — the first of seven areas to be transferred to Afghan control.
