Heartbreaking results in recent Gallup poll: Afghans in rural areas (about 3/4ths of the population) are more likely to be suffering than those in urban areas -- 64% vs. 49%, respectively. Among rural Afghans, 44% say there were times in the past year when they didnt have enough money to buy food for themselves or their families, versus 32% of urban residents. Rural Afghans are also far less likely than their urban counterparts to be satisfied with vital infrastructure such as schools, healthcare services and roads. Its difficult to see how Afghans life evaluations could get much worse -- but the current combination of violence, drug addiction and intractable poverty makes it equally difficult to envision any improvement, at least over the short term. In the meantime, rampant hopelessness among the population makes concerns about the growth and influence of extremist groups in Afghan society as real as ever.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 00:49:37 +0000
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