US CENTCOM Press Releases

Governance, development efforts continue in Afghanistan

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 08:20 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (August 18, 2011) — Corruption and insurgent violence remain serious issues, but Afghan community members and leaders are strengthening their local governments “from the bottom up,” a senior Defense Department civilian serving in Afghanistan said today.

As embattled district cools, battalion moves north

Posted: 19 Aug 2011 05:43 AM PDT

CAMP DWYER, Helmand province, Afghanistan (August 19, 2011) — A battalion of Marines left Marjah District today, signaling coalition force’s growing confidence in Marjah’s Afghan National Security Forces.