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Survey Reveals Afghans Prefer Peace Deal with Taliban than Elections
Ariana News conducted a survey on peace and elections with the support of advocacy group NAI in 34 provinces in February this year.
In this survey primary data collected from:
- 5379 citizens
- 34 provinces of Afghanistan
- In three languages (Dari, Pashtu, and Uzbeki)
The questionnaire’s questions was selected by ATN news and there were three main questions:
- Do you want peace? (5379) respondents
- Do you want election? (5370) respondents
- Between peace and election, which one you prefer/select? (5305) respondents while 74 no responded.
From a total of 5379 respondents, 5337 of them have identified their languages, and 5357 respondents have identified their provinces.
In re
sponse to the first question (Do you want peace?), 5295 (98.4%) respondents said YES while 87 (1.7%) responded NO.
In response to the second question (Do you want election?), 4990 (92.8%) respondents said YES while 380 (7.1%) responded NO.
And in response to the third question (Between peace and election which one do you select?), 4852 (90.2%) respondents said they want peace while 429 (8%) 
respondents said they prefer elections.
In addition, 24 (0,4%) respondents said they want peace and elections while 74 (1.4%) participants did not respond.
The surve
y was primarily conducted in three languages including Persian, Pashtu and Uzbeki. From a total of 5337 respondents, 3309 (61,5%) were in Dari, 1996 (37.1%) in Pashtu and 32 (0.6%) more were in Uzbeki language.
Out of 34 provinces, Kabul has the highest number of respondents (1,499), Nangarhar has 378 and Herat & Ghazni 356 each respectively. More details are shown in the below charts.
It comes as the international community led by the United States are making diplomatic efforts to reach into a political settlement and end the nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan.
Earlier, the U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said that the United States wants to make a peace agreement with the Taliban before the presidential election which is scheduled to be held on 20th of July this year.
However, on the other side, the Afghan government insists that the election would take place on its set date.
The whole Survey is enclosed below:
Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy prime minister, said Wednesday in a meeting with a number of elders, scholars and youths of the Hazara ethnic group in Kabul that justice in light of Islamic Sharia is applied equally to everyone.
The deputy PM’s office said in a statement that Kabir stressed that discrimination and prejudice have no place in the Islamic system, but the main goal is to serve the people.
“There is no place for ethnic, sectarian and linguistic prejudices and hypocrisy in Afghanistan. All Afghans should work together for the construction, development and prosperity of Afghanistan,” the statement read.
At the gathering, elders and scholars of the Hazara community demanded resolutions regarding their legal cases and other problems and assured the IEA of comprehensive cooperation with the Islamic system, the statement added.
Eight security force members were killed and wounded in an IED explosion in Badakhshan province on Wednesday morning, officials confirmed.
The Ministry of Interior said three policemen died and five others were wounded in the explosion.
Abdul Mateen Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, said: “Unfortunately, at around 11:00 AM today, a sticky mine (magnetic IED) that was already embedded in a motorcycle exploded in the Jawozon area of Faizabad city, Badakhshan province.”
According to Qani the device detonated while a convoy of police was traveling through the area. Police had been carrying out a poppy clearing operation.
Police are investigating the incident, Qani said.
So far, no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Khurasan Faryab defeated Istiqlal Kabul 1-0 in the 35th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Tuesday, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi thrashed Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1 in the 36th match of the tournament on the same day.
Khurasan’s only goal against Istiqlal Kabul was scored by Farid Ahmad – who was declared man of the match.
In the second match of the day, Sorkh Poshan Khafi’s four goals were scored by Habibullah Hotak and Omid Rajabi.
Khurasan’s Habibullah Hotak received the man of the match award.
Wednesday’s matches will see Abu Muslim Farah FC take on Adalat Farah FC at 1 PM, while Maiwand FC will play Jawanan Wahedi FC at 3:30 PM.
The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television.
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