In Afghanistan, the reputation of international troops is at a new low after nine years of fighting. The survey commissioned by the BBC, ABC, The Washington Post and a German broadcaster WDR found that about two-thirds of Afghans have a poor opinion of US and other international troops serving in the war-torn nation. The proportion of people who support attacks on NATO soldiers has risen to 27 per cent, a gain of 19 percentage points from last year. Almost two-thirds of Afghans polled said they believed that attacks on international forces were not justified, down from three-quarters last year. The country's biggest problems were identified as security, the state of the economy and a weak government as well as corruption. Sixty-nine per cent described their living conditions as good overall, down from 71 per cent last year. According to 62 per cent of respondents, President Hamid Karzai is doing a good job despite increasing criticism of him in the West. Meanwhile, a NATO spokesman said today that the alliance would continue night operations in the fight against Taliban militants, despite strong objections from Afghans including President Hamid Karzai. NATO spokesman General Josef Blotz said the night operations were part of a wide range of tactics used by allied forces against the Taliban militants.