U.S. Army Spc. Isaac Rittman looks out as the sun sets while on watch at the Andar District Center in Miray, Afghanistan, Jan. 05, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph SwaffordUS Military Chief Mike Mullen In Afghan Warning -- BBC
The US military's most senior officer has warned there will be an increase in bloodshed in Afghanistan this year.
Adm Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Taliban leaders had been eliminated in the troubled provinces of Kandahar and Helmand.
But the gains made by the Afghan and international troops were "tenuous and fragile", he said.
2010 has been the deadliest year so far for foreign troops in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted in 2001.
US forces comprise by far the largest element in Nato-led international forces in Afghanistan.
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