http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jan/12/afghans-on-state-of-their-country/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway011210a.mp3 Optimism in Afghanistan http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/jan/12/afghans-on-state-of-their-country/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/afghanistan.jpg true 2425 segment Yesterday, we reported on a new opinion poll commissioned by the BBC and ABC News that found that things were looking up in Afghanistan. Nearly 70 percent of people surveyed said that their country was going in the right direction (up from 30 percent from last year) and 41 percent said job prospects http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/afghanistan_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/afghanistan_26_square.jpg