A newly released national survey in Afghanistan finds overwhelming support for the outcome of the country’s disputed 2014 presidential election, despite widespread suspicion of electoral fraud and broad recognition of the deep challenges facing the country.

Ratings of local living conditions and optimism for the future are up, the survey finds, but persistent problems remain. The availability of jobs and other economic opportunities, the supply of electricity and support for agriculture remain poorly rated. Complaints about corruption are widespread. And an increasing number of Afghans express willingness to tolerate the cultivation of opium poppy.

The survey finds continued substantial support for the presence of U.S. forces and near-unanimous preference for the current government rather than the Taliban. Despite the country’s travails, eight in 10 still call the U.S.-led overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 a good thing for Afghanistan.

Released today, the survey was produced by the Afghan Center for Socio-economic and Opinion Research and D3 Systems, Inc., as the latest in their ongoing Afghan Futures survey project, with analysis by Langer Research Associates. See the analysis here and a summary of the survey methodology here.

See also our extensive January 2014 assessment of Afghanistan’s civil society sector, produced for Counterpart International’s Initiative to Promote Afghan Civil Society (I-PACS II) program, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Based on a national survey of civil society organizations and more than four dozen qualitative interviews, the report evaluates progress and prospects for CSOs in the country.