Afghans don't like government nor Taliban

In Kandahar, a tribal leader says 10% are with the government, 10% with the Taliban, and 80% with neither: "The Americans are bombing innocent civilians and the Taliban are killing Afghan civilians with their suicide attacks."

The mayor of Kandahar explained:

Hamidi (mayor) blames the situation on a decision by the Bush administration to forge alliances with anti-Taliban warlords in various parts of Afghanistan after the 2001 invasion. Empowering the warlords weakened President Hamid Karzai's government, which in turn was unable to address problems outside the capital — including the tribal imbalance in Kandahar.

"It was the international community that went to the warlords after the Taliban and brought them back," the mayor said. "And this is the result."