Poverty, followed by corruption. Which makes Afghanistan like so many other countries that are torn apart by war.
Full survey findings available via link. They are worth a look. Makes you appreciate what a tough task people like Bootneck are facing.
Poverty and unemployment are overwhelmingly seen as the main reasons behind conflict in Afghanistan, according to a survey in that country.
British aid agency Oxfam - which questioned 704 Afghans - said seven out of 10 respondents blamed these factors.
Taliban violence was seen as less important than government weakness and corruption, according to the poll.
Oxfam said the survey showed that the country needed more than military solutions.
One in five said they had been tortured and one in 10 claimed to have been imprisoned at least once since 1979, when Soviet forces invaded.
Based on what those surveyed said:
one in six Afghans are currently considering leaving the country
three-quarters of Afghans have been forced to leave their homes since 1979
one in 10 Afghans have been imprisoned at least once
Eight Afghan non-governmental organisations helped conduct the poll in 14 provinces across the country between January and April 2009, Oxfam said.
Those interviewed, it adds, were men and women selected at random.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Afghans 'blame poverty for war'
Full survey findings available via link. They are worth a look. Makes you appreciate what a tough task people like Bootneck are facing.
