From Reuters: A majority of Afghans are confident about the future of their country, a national opinion poll showed on Monday, with 72 percent rating President Hamid Karzai as doing a good or excellent job.

The survey, commissioned by the BBC, ABC News and German broadcaster ARD, found the number of people who thought things in Afghanistan were ‘going in the right direction’ had jumped to 70 percent, up from 40 percent a year earlier…

A majority of Afghans supported the presence of NATO and U.S. military forces, with 70 percent strongly opposed to Taliban fighters, whom most blamed for the violence occurring in Afghanistan. (photo: ACSOR)