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German soldiers of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) receive flowers during a security transition ceremony July 23, 2011 in Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province, Afghanistan. The Afghan government officially took control of security from NATO forces in the capital of the peaceful northern province of Balkh , part of an effort to begin handing over all security responsibilities to Afghan forces by 2014, next is the city of Kabul.