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Afghan Foreign Minister Says ‘The Majority Of Afghans Still Support’ International Troop Presence
thinkprogress.org - 2/26/2009
Afghan Foreign Minister Says ‘The Majority Of Afghans Still Support’ International Troop Presence
— thinkprogress.org — A recent ABC/BBC/ARD poll released earlier this month found that Afghans’ support of U.S. and NATO forces’ efforts in that nation is tumbling. Just 47 percent said they had a favorable view of the United States, down from 83 percent in ... (more) Afghan Foreign Minister Says ‘The Majority Of Afghans ...

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Poll: Most support plan to bolster U.S. troops in Afghanistan
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 2/28/2009
Poll: Most support plan to bolster U.S. troops in Afghanistan
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll indicates that a majority of Americans support President Barack Obama's plan to send 17,000 more U.S. troops to the war in Afghanistan. And the survey, conducted by CNN and the Opinion Research Corp., ... (more) Poll: Most support plan to bolster U.S. troops in ...

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Afghan Foreign Minister Says ‘The Majority Of Afghans Still Support’ International Troop Presence
Think Progress — A recent ABC/BBC/ARD poll released earlier this month found that Afghans’ support of U.S. and NATO forces’ efforts in that nation is tumbling. Just 47 percent said they had a favorable view of the United States, down from 83 percent in 2005. Only 37 percent said that most people in their area support NATO and the International Security Assistance Force; 67 percent supported ISAF in 2006. Today, ThinkProgress interviewed Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta. We asked him about the poll’s grim findings and how NATO and the Afghan government “can win back the hearts and minds of the Afghan civilians.” ...

Afghan Foreign Minister Insists that Afghan Public Still Supports International Military Presence
Matthew Yglesias — For years, the most reassuring thing about the war in Afghanistan, to my mind, was that the Afghan public seemed strongly supportive of the American presence there. That was a pointed contrast to the situation in Iraq, where for years we’ve been unwelcome interlopers. Recently, though, that seems to not be the case. My colleague Ben Armbruster and I got a chance to talk with Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, earlier today and Ben asked him about this. His reply was basically to say that Afghans in fact still do support the international military presence: As Ben ...

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