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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (16984)11/20/2003 1:20:00 PM
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I hunt the net for pieces of stories, and Afghanistan hasn't been forgotten

There's even this from Afghanistan:

Survey: Afghans Overwhelmingly Optimistic
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NYT November 19, 2003, filed at 10:05 p.m. ET
nytimes.com

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghans in relatively stable areas of the country are overwhelmingly optimistic about the future of their nation, despite continued violence and political uncertainty, according to a survey released Wednesday.

Some 83 percent of the Afghans surveyed said they feel safer than they did three years ago, when the hard-line Taliban regime was in power. More than three-quarters of those questioned said Afghanistan will be safer still in another year.
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