http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40273302/
1,000 men were surveyed. 920 out of 1,000 have no knowledge of the 9/11 attacks.
I would assume 1,000 is a large enough survey to spread this statistic throughout the entire country. Especially considering the survey took place "in two crucial souther provinces"--places I would assume would have the best news coverage.
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Afghans in two crucial southern provinces are almost completely unaware of the September 11 attacks on the United States and don't know they precipitated the foreign intervention now in its 10th year, a new report showed on Friday. [. . .] The report by The International Council on Security and Development (ICOS) policy think-tank showed 92 percent of 1,000 Afghan men surveyed in Helmand and Kandahar know nothing of the hijacked airliner attacks on U.S. targets in 2001.
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If any foreign forces came over, I would either be fighting back or fleeing.
These guys have no idea why anyone is in their country. They think it is an entirely unprovoked attack.
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"The lack of awareness of why we are there contributes to the high levels of negativity toward the NATO military operations and made the job of the Taliban easier," ICOS President Norine MacDonald told Reuters from Washington."We need to explain to the Afghan people why we are here, and both convince them and show them that their future is better with us than the Taliban," MacDonald said.
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