I have no faith in this survey. The fact of the matter is that the government of Afghanistan is mostly made up of minority Northern Alliance remnants. ACSOR is government funded and in the context of the indisputably high levels of corruption in the Afghan government, can only be expected to tow the official government line.
In Afghanistan's ethnic compostion there is no majority and minority, although there is the largest and smallest groups which is quite different to the concept of majority and minority. Secondly, if you dont believe in this survey then present us with a survey which is more reliable to you? third: present gov of Afghanistan have more Pashtoon than other ethnic groups(if thats what you meant in your post), even if there is full pashtoon in the gov, it will be a nightmare for pakistan because they will shout for merging of NWFP to afghanistna while other ethnic groups never do such a thing. This poll was conducted by BBC in all provinces of the country and they chose people randomly.
When the majority of the people of Afghanistan are not even participating in this government, its polls and opinions on who is popular and unpopular in Afghanistan have no merit. They say this poll was conducted in-person. Massive areas of Afghanistan are no-go areas - in fact the majority of the territory is - for representatives of the Afghan government. In such a situation, how is this poll in any way indicative of the popular Afghan voice?
This poll was conductec by the BBC, who is in the gov and who is not shouldnt matter here. by the way, present gov of afghanistan have more pashtoons than other ethnic groups. the other ethnic groups make up the largest opposition to this gov. and it is also wrong to say that massive areas of afghanistan is no go area. yes, there are alot of explosions, but to say it is no go area is totally wrong.
7 or 8 years are a very short period in the history of a nation. We are here to stay, as we have been for over a thousand years, and so are the Afghans. Let's see who is in power in Afghanistan in a year, five years and ten years. I have a feeling 'opinion polls' conducted a few years hence will have drastically different outcomes.
in present history of afghanistan people have always seen pakistan not trustwhorthy at least for the last 30 years. power of the gov is not important here, because it is saying about people's opinoin. surely if there is a gov of Mullah Omar, the gov(not people) will praise their pakistani masters.
