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An interesting new BBC poll in Afghanistan demonstrates the progress that has been made in some areas as well as the difficult road ahead. Some highlights:

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"The public is still very much opposed to the Taleban, seeing
them as the country's biggest threat.

Most do not want to see the militants return."

Pakistan must cut its ties with the Taliban, argues Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani expert on the Taliban in a recent article in the International Herald Tribune. Without this essential step, the mission to help bring Afghanistan back from the brink will face insurmountable challenges. Read the article below.

A prophetic voice on Taliban calls out
again

By Tylere Couture (First appeared in Campbell River Mirror - March 28, 2008)

Although the major work of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team (KPRT) is supporting and building the capacity of the Afghan government, there are several ways where the help we provide is more direct.

Even if these small interventions have little impact on the country as a whole, they provide us with something where the results of our help are more quickly evident, and that win the hearts of individual Afghans.