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November 22, 2010

Poll: 92% of Young Afghan Men Don’t Know About 9/11 Attacks
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In other news from Afghanistan, a new public opinion poll of young
Afghan men in Kandahar and Helmand provinces has been released by the
International Council on Security and Development. The poll founded that
92 percent of young men in those regions knew nothing about the Sept. 11
attacks in the United States; 40 percent think NATO forces are there "to
destroy Islam" or Afghanistan itself; 61 percent believe that Afghan
national security forces will not be able to cope without international
support; and 56 percent suspect that Afghan policemen are helping the
Taliban.



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