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| Poll: 7 in 10 Afghans support US forces |
| 2010-01-13 |
| Nearly seven in 10 Afghans support the presence of U.S. forces in their country, and 61 percent favor the military buildup of 37,000 U.S. and NATO reinforcements now deploying, according to a poll released Monday. Support for U.S. and NATO forces, however, drops sharply in the south and east where the fighting is the most intense, the poll said. Nationwide, 10 percent of Afghans support the Taliban, but the insurgents are backed by a higher percent of the population - 27 percent - in the country's southwest, the poll said. After steep declines in recent years, nearly seven in 10 Afghans also think their nation is headed in the right direction. That's up 30 percent since January 2009. The number of Afghans who expect their lives will be better a year from now also has jumped 20 percentage points from a year ago - to a new high of 71 percent, the poll said. Overall, 42 percent of Afghans blame the Taliban for the violence - up 27 percent from a year ago. Seventeen percent blame the U.S. and NATO, or the Afghan government or Afghan security forces - down 36 percent from a year ago. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 Compare wid REDDIT > SURVEY indics a majority of Americans are willing to give up a number of PERSONAL/CIVIL LIBERTIES in order to protect from Terrorism. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-01-13 19:47 |