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NSN Daily Update 2/9/09
democracyarsenal.org —
... two Taliban fighters in retaliation for the killing of a local politician. A new BBC/ABC poll finds that the Afghan people are “losing confidence” in the direction their country is taking. ...
Brandon Friedman: Afghanistan: Afghan Views and the Race Against Time
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... A new BBC/ABC opinion poll consisting of 1,500 randomly selected Afghans from all 34 provinces leaves no doubt about this dynamic. This is what the survey found: ...
Brandon Friedman: Afghanistan: More Troops are Only One Part of the Solution
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Yesterday I wrote about Afghan attitudes toward U.S. forces, al Qaeda, and the Taliban. Essentially, based on the results of the newly released BBC/ABC opinion poll, Afghans want help in securing their country against both the Taliban and al Qaeda. The question with which I left off centered on how the world could best provide that. ...
Security in Afghanistan – The Civilian Side
The Moderate Voice —
... Seventeen thousand troops are set to enter Afghanistan. That may be necessary and will no doubt be the topic of much quarterbacking from Washington to Kabul, but if Obama is to really turn the tide he and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates are going to have to make some changes in how those troops operate on the ground. The U.S. has lost a lot in Afghanistan, including respect and public support. A new ABC/BBC poll says Afghan support for foreign troops is down 12 points in the last year, not surprising as it was the deadliest year for civilians living in the midst of the ...
Counting the Dead in Afghanistan
democracyarsenal.org —
... ) and Afghan support (see BBC polling), there's a real danger of relying too much on death tallies as the prism for understanding the state of the war. But in a context where the U.S. public is nervous, and where Afghans perceive the insurgency taking hold, I wonder whether it would be silly to not attempt things that might reverse those perceptions, with publicizing death tallies is part of that exercise? ...
