Why al Qaeda Stays Out Of Afghanistan -- Strategy PageApril 23, 2009: The Afghan government believes that al Qaeda is not present in Afghanistan in any significant numbers. Foreign military commanders, often advised by U.S. Army Special Forces operators who have been working in the country since late 2001, tend to agree. Al Qaeda's problem in Afghanistan is that they are greatly disliked. This all goes back to the early 1990s.
Back then, the Taliban were out to establish a religious dictatorship in Afghanistan . The one flaw in this plan was that the Taliban enforced Islam as interpreted by a few the Pushtun tribes in southern Afghanistan. The Pushtuns were only 40 percent of the population, and the Pushtun tribes the Taliban came from, were a fraction of that.
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My Comment: Nato forces are beginning to get the same bad reputation in the country. While it is not as bad as Al Qaeda's .... I am sure that many Afghan's are harboring resentment against the outsiders. .... because lets face it .... that has always been the Afghan way.