"We’re going to face more violence in 2011."
The NATO on Monday warned that its occupation soldiers will face further violence in the next year, capping last year’s death toll record.
"We're going to face more violence in 2011. It's not yet over. There will be still fighting, the work has not been done yet," said Brigadier General Josef Blotz, spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
"So we need to keep the pressure on the Taliban. We need to solidify the gains we have made over the last couple of months, and this will also lead to more confrontation," Blotz said.
Seven occupation soldiers were killed on Sunday in a car bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, taking the 2010 death toll to 692 troops, according to an AFP tally based on that tracked by the independent icasualties.org website.
NATO has endorsed plans to transfer responsibility gradually to Afghan forces with the aim of ending the combat mission by the end of 2014, but Obama has acknowledged US combat occupation troops might remain into 2015.
"We're going to face more violence in 2011. It's not yet over. There will be still fighting, the work has not been done yet," said Brigadier General Josef Blotz, spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
"So we need to keep the pressure on the Taliban. We need to solidify the gains we have made over the last couple of months, and this will also lead to more confrontation," Blotz said.
Seven occupation soldiers were killed on Sunday in a car bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, taking the 2010 death toll to 692 troops, according to an AFP tally based on that tracked by the independent icasualties.org website.
NATO has endorsed plans to transfer responsibility gradually to Afghan forces with the aim of ending the combat mission by the end of 2014, but Obama has acknowledged US combat occupation troops might remain into 2015.
