Afghan Poll shows that they think security is better.

[Cardstonkid]

Here is the link with the survey information. (Overall findings link is on the right side)
http://www.asiafoundation.org/Locations/afghanistan_survey06.html

Overall it seems the Afghans are happier now then they were under with the Taliban. The general concensus was that the country was going in the right direction. The report found "good security was a reason for the country going in the right direction. For those who were disappointed with the direction, however, the lack of security was not seen as one of the major reasons." (Key findings, second point)

It makes one wonder who the NDP and the mainstream media are talking to? The Armed Forces are doing a great job, the results are evident in this poll. Given enough time things are really going to change for the better.

This report validates the approach of the Armed Forces but I wonder if these poll results will get much media play in Canada and if it does will it change the poll numbers?

 

[Synthos]

but I wonder if these poll results will get much media play in Canada

Does it get viewer's attention? Does it spark emotion?

Lets face it, media reports 90% bad news and disappointment, 10% good news/worthless news.

 

[Korus]

Nope, that poll is flawed. They didn't discount everyone who answered in a positive light.  :

 

[MikeM]

That's funny, the other day the Afghans were saying they haven't seen much improvement if any, and that perhaps it's time to start working with the Taliban. Just goes to show you how useless polls can be, IMO anyways.

 

[scm77]

Interesting study, but here is what gets put in newspapers...

Afghan life no better, say locals
By SUE BAILEY, CP

QALAT, Afghanistan -- Five years after the Taliban's fall, leaders from the sun-baked mud villages around Qalat, an ancient town near Kandahar, say life isn't much better.

They enjoy neither peace nor the benefits of new development, they say. And they blame the growing popularity of violent anti-government militants on the failure of international forces to keep their word.

"There is no security here," says Neamat Khan, 35, director of a local construction agency. He made the comments at the base for the local Provincial Reconstruction Team where members of the United Nations Security Council met local elders Tuesday.

The visit to gauge progress and plot strategy is the council's first trip to Afghanistan in three years.

TALIBAN SUPPORT INCREASING

Promised roads, wells, schools and clinics have been slow in coming, especially in rural areas where they are arguably most needed.

"Day by day, support for the Taliban is increasing," said Khan, his blue eyes intense and a long turban draped over his shoulder.

The bleak assessment hardly matches much rosier scenes drawn by NATO commanders in recent weeks who have repeatedly stressed that the South is increasingly safe, the Taliban is on the run, and aid projects are on track.

But the battle for the "hearts and minds" of local people is being lost, says Khan.

Villagers are increasingly bitter over the rate at which young men are mistakenly rounded up as insurgent suspects and detained by foreign troops, he said.

"In general, people are not happy with the United Nations or NATO," said Khan.

http://torontosun.com/News/World/2006/11/15/pf-2364730.html

 

[The Bread Guy]

That's funny, the other day the Afghans were saying they haven't seen much improvement if any, and that perhaps it's time to start working with the Taliban. Just goes to show you how useless polls can be, IMO anyways.

As opposed to media coverage, focussing on one or two "lotsa sizzle, not much meat" quotables?