Afghans guardedly optimistic on country’s direction
Yesterday, we reported on a new opinion poll, commissioned by the BBC and ABC News, that found that 70 percent of Afghans polled feel things are looking up in Afghanistan. The poll asked more than 1,500 people, most of whom said that their country was going in the right direction (up from 30 percent from last year) and 41 percent said their job prospects are “very good.”
However, an overwhelming majority of people polled agreed that corruption is still a huge problem that strangles growth in Afghanistan. To get reaction on the ground to the study’s findings we go live to Kabul, to Abdul Niazi and Ali Faizi. We also hear from Dr. Nadir Atash, a former Afghan government official and author of “Turbulence: The Tumultuous Journey of One Man’s Quest for Change in Afghanistan.”
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