And fight they do in Marja. The New York Times:

The first police station has been opened in Marja, seven months after United States Marines started operations to take control of that Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand Province, military officials said on Wednesday.

“We have all seen the past of Marja,” said Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, the NATO military commander in southwestern Afghanistan, at a ribbon cutting for the station on Sunday. “Now we can see the future of Marja, and I think that future is a happy one.”

Wait. It’s Wednesday. Why are we reading about this now?

The ceremony took place Sunday but was not announced by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force until Wednesday.

Baby steps to the future.