<p><strong><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a>, a survey shows. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Hadi Ayub, an analyst with the <a href="/en/afghanistan" class="glossify-link">Afghanistan</a> Strategic Studies Institute, disclosed the survey’s outcome, saying 1,500 people were interviewed in 34 provinces for the survey. </strong></p>
<p><strong>He said the participants answered questions regarding political solution, political discipline and legitimate system. Marital status, ethnicity and level of <a href="/en/education" class="glossify-link">education</a> were considered in the survey, he added.</strong></p>
<p><strong>He said most of the interviewees termed nation-wide election as the best option for political settlement between the Afghan government and the Taliban and they believed Taliban’s presence in the government was a logical way to resolve the conflict.</strong></p>
<p>He said the participants rejected other options to resolve the conflict such as allowing the Taliban to enjoy free movement under their controlled areas or the Taliban and government agree to a power sharing formula.</p>
<p>Hadi said: “Most of the participants or 70 percent acknowledged nation-wide election as acceptable mechanism for the political solution of the ongoing conflict.”</p>
<p>In the survey, 3.6 percent participants who called themselves pro-Taliban termed nation-wide election as the best mechanism to end the war, but 41 percent pro-Taliban believed that power sharing between government and the Taliban was the best option to end the conflict.</p>
<p>Ayubi said contrary to expectations, 19 percent pro-Taliban participants believed that an interim government would be the best scenario to end the conflict.</p>
<p>According to the survey, 80 percent participants supported <a href="/en/women" class="glossify-link">women</a>’s education and their presence in media.</p>
<p>Seventy-eight percent participants said a government of elites who were criminals or involved in war crimes were not acceptable to them and 70 percent supported their trial.</p>
<p>Abdul Salaam Rahimi, state minister for peace, said the wisdom of masses had reached the level where they could take decision.</p>
<p>“If there is no international community in Afghanistan, these people could defend themselves and demand the Taliban to be logical,” he said.</p>
<p>He said a fresh national peace debate has been launched and added all sections of <a href="/en/society" class="glossify-link">society</a> and stakeholders would participate and their voices would reach the international community.</p>
<p>Without going into details, Rahimi said the Afghan government has prepared a peace roadmap which should be agreed upon. <a name="_GoBack" id="_GoBack"></a></p>
<p>This comes as talks between the US and the Taliban are underway and fresh reports indicate progress in these talks, but a final agreement is yet to be reached.</p>
<p>nh/ma</p>
