A rocket hit a house during a nighttime clash between suspected Taliban insurgents and NATO and Afghan security forces in a southern Afghan village, police said Wednesday. A resident said 13 villagers, including women and children, died, the Associated Press reported. At least one Taliban militant was also killed and three police wounded in Tajikai village in southern Helmand province, said provincial police chief Ghulam Nabi Malakhel. Afghan police called in NATO air support during the clash that started about 10 p.m. on Tuesday and lasted until 2 a.m. Wednesday, Malakhel said.
