Marjah Strategy Approaches Civilian Phase -- Wall Street Journal
Police Units Are Deployed and a Civilian Administration Waits to Move In to Restore Kabul's Authority in Taliban Town
Afghan and coalition officials are moving toward what they say is the most important phase of the operation to secure the town of Marjah: delivering a new administration and millions of dollars in aid to a place where government employees didn't dare set foot a week ago.
A contingent of Afghan Civil Order Police deployed to the southern Afghanistan town Wednesday, the first wave of civilian authorities the government has pledged to dispatch when security allows. The policemen joined U.S. and Afghan troops manning checkpoints around central Marjah.
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