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Re:US unleashes B-52s in bid to stem Taliban advance by yorwba on Saturday August 07, 2021 @01:46PM (#28100411)
On the other hand, from the same report:

> Overall, confidence in governmental and nongovernmental organizations has increased, with the exception of the Independent Election Commission, which has seen confidence drop from 43.3% in 2018 to 42.3% in 2019. As in previous years, Afghans have the most confidence in religious leaders (71.2%). Compared to 2018, confidence in MPs has gone up by 10.2 percentage points, from 42.3% in 2018 to 52.6% in 2019, the highest level so far. Confidence in the following organizations has improved since last year: government ministers (up 6.1 percentage points, to 44.4%), national NGOs (up 4.0 percentage points, to 53.3%), provincial councils (up 4.7 percentage points, to 55.6%) and international NGOs (up 4.9 percentage points, to 47.3%)

So religious leaders (presumably non-Taliban) have much stronger support than the government or NGOs.

Re:US unleashes B-52s in bid to stem Taliban advance by rich_sasha on Saturday August 07, 2021 @02:01PM (#28100529)
Yes, very possibly. The Afghan government is definitely a US-installed chimera. There very likely is a better representation of Afghan people, it just it doesn’t seem to be the Taliban.