200px|Afghan National Police commander chief of police Musa Qala Koka meets with U.S. Marine Corps (Photo Chad J. Pulliam, 2008). 200px|Marines in Helmand province (Photo Alex C. Guerra, 2008). The U.S.-led push to confront militants and win-over local Afghans in the Taliban-controlled south continued Friday, with troops moving into more remote villages. Some 4,000 U.S. Marines and several hundred Afghan forces are taking up positions in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province - a remote militant stronghold that has largely resisted central government control.
200px|Afghan National Police commander chief of police Musa Qala Koka meets with U.S. Marine Corps (Photo Chad J. Pulliam, 2008). 200px|Marines in Helmand province (Photo Alex C. Guerra, 2008). The United States-led push to confront militants and win-over local Afghans in the Taliban-controlled south continued Friday, with troops moving into more remote villages. Some 4,000 U.S. Marines and several hundred Afghan forces are taking up positions in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province, a remote militant stronghold that has largely resisted central government control.
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