AT THE EMBASSY - U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions during a town hall meeting at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 25, 2010. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyTop U.S. Officer Warns Afghan War Will Get Worse -- Reuters
More NATO troops will die in Afghanistan as violence mounts over the summer, but Washington's goal of turning the tide against the insurgency by year's end is within reach, the top U.S. military officer said on Sunday.
The remarks by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, on a visit to the country, came as the Taliban said they were holding captive one of two U.S. servicemen who strayed into insurgent territory, and that the other had been killed.
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