marja is a region in the hellman province. in nine months, four new schools have been added and the number of students have gone from 200 to 1,000, with girls in the mix. >> so this a little success story. 40 girls sitting side by side the afghan boys is a big deal. >> in of the training and ideas came from this school, the middle school in san francisco's unset district where she was teacher o and on track to be a principal. >> her colleague remembers her tenacity. others have been following their accomplishments. >> to me it's overwhelming. it's what she does. she comes in with hope to change. >> they are set to return to san francisco in march but she will have ties to afghanistan. she is on the board of an all girl school in kabul called cald razzi's ray of hope. >> lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> a lot of businesses have changed hands duringand recession and it can cause problems for loyal customers. michael finney set out to help one such customer in napa. >> she still has the paperwork she signed six years ago. it cam

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certainly we had challenges in marja. it was an unfortunate -- in the first of march this year, there was an election for a committee counsel. it followed a very spirited debate. 75% of the registered voters cast a ballot. they now have the community council and a district governor as well. that is generally true of the other districts. there is no question there is some serious fighting to be done there, particularly as we pushed further north to other areas. >> thank you. i wanted to probe in a little bit on a couple of big issues. one would be the afghan government and security forces and how they are coming along. i will ask you about that in a second. of what to ask you about pakistan. on the first question, we tend to personalize the afghan government a lot the and the american debate. i was fortunate enough to see president karzai on monday. you see him all lot. he strikes me as frustrated with the length of the war like many americans, frankly. he is a bit emotional. i do not really want to ask about president kar

marja, which was liberated less than a year ago, which took 4200 u.s. marines when we started, which is down now to 1600, they have been able to hold the district community council election. this is right after their great debate. it was neat stuff. this was them running this. there are 10 schools open now in marja. there were zero under the taliban. these are afghans teaching in the schools, not us. we may have to rebuild the schools, working to repair irrigation systems, the market's the use to sell exclusively illegal narcotics and weapons and explosives -- there are now about 15 markets that sell household goods, food, and clothing. these are the afghans. it is the afghan district governor that has done this. is there funding critical? it has been in the beginning. over time, we have to build those institutions, help them build those institutions, so they can take them on for themselves. clearly, they also have to begin that process of exploiting for the afghan people. the trillions of dollars of minerals in the ground in afghanistan, that is a fact

underappreciated is that as of two years ago, there were large taliban safe havens inside pakistan, such as marjaand one of the things that happened in the past two years, our coalition has taken the safe havens away from the enemy, and shut them down. i wonder, general, if you would comment on that. >> these were significant safe havens in the case of kandahar city, the well spring of the taliban movement and right on the doorstep of the second largest city in afghanistan. indeed, there was a period in early 2009, i remember the intelligence analysts came in and told me they thought kabul was being encircled once again in the same way it was during the civil war. so these are very important accomplishments and the increase of afghan security forces and the advent of the afghan local police program now also enable us to prevent other safe havens and much less populated areas from springing up as well. and that is certainly one of our objectives. >> i appreciate that answer. let me go to another important matter that you both talked about. we're on a path now to transition control of security to t

underappreciated is that as of two years ago, there were large taliban safe havens inside pakistan, such as marjaand one of the things that happened in the past two years, our coalition has taken the safe havens away from the enemy, and shut them down. i wonder, general, if you would comment on that. >> well, indeed that has been one of our most important objectives and indeed one of our troopers' most important accomplishments. these were significant safe havens in the case of kandahar city, the well spring of the taliban movement and right on the doorstep of the secondz;zu largest city in afghanistan. indeed, there was a period in early 2009, i remember the intelligence analysts came in and told me they thought kabul was being encircled once again in the same way it was during the civil war. so these are very important accomplishments and the increase of afghan security forces and the advent of the afghan local police program now also enable us to prevent other safe havens and much less populated areas from springing up as well. and that is certainly one of our objectives. >> i appreciate that

underappreciated is that as of two years ago, there were large taliban safe havens inside pakistan, such as marjaand one of the things that happened in the past two years, our coalition has taken the safe havens away from the enemy, and shut them down. i onder, general, if you would comment on that. >> well, indeed that has been one of our most important objectives and indeed one of our troopers' most important accomplishments. these were significant safe havensn the case of kandahar city, the well spring of the taban movement and right on the doorstep of the secondz;zu largest city in afghanistan. indeed, there was a period in early 2009, i remember the intelligence analysts came in and told me they thought kabul was being encircled once again in the same way it was during the civil war. so these are very important accomplishments and the increase of afghan security forces and the advent of the afghan local police program now also enable us to prevent other safe havens and much less populated areas from springing up as well. and that is certainly one of our objectives. >> i appreciate that answ

let's suppose we are in marja and helmand in afghanistan and i have been targeted by an air force growna let's say i and sophisticated enough to understand the system, or let's say, i have called nils and said, what do i do? a drum has attacked my family. however my tooth -- a drone has attacked my family. how am i able to contact an army jag? how do i contact the jag system so i can track down the people who made the legal decision, how does that happen in a practical terms, not theoretical terms? because this is something that does not -- that does take place. and this is a legal system that i, as a victim, and my family, should be able to appeal to. you do fall acres -- follow a system of rules that you have enunciated. thank you. >> i will take one more question >> i am the former legal counsel of the united nations. presently come i am with the board of trustees of italian law in london and sweden. i commend the panel. this is an extremely important issue you are discussing. the first question i have is, is there really an armed conflict in a particular situation? the reason i put

. -- marja being the hub of that. interestingly, on the first of march this year there was an election for district community council. it followed the very spirited and raucous debate and 75% of registered voters cast a ballot. they now have a good counsel and a good district governor as well. that is generally true of the other districts in central helmand province as well, although there is fighting to be done there, particularly as we push north. >> i was going to now try to probe into a little bit on a couple of issues. one would be the afghan government and security forces and how they are coming along. i would also like to ask about pakistan and then we will prole be ready to go to the audience. on the first question, we tend to personalize the afghan government a lot in the american debate, and of course, in the form of president karzai. i was fortunate enough to see him on monday. of course, you see him a lot. the obviously strikes me as frustrated with the length of the war, like many americans, and of the em