The support of Americans for the war in Afghanistan has fallen to its lowest level since the US-led invasion eight years ago, a new poll has found, Press TV reported.
A national poll published by the CNN on Tuesday showed that 57 percent of Americans are opposed to the Afghan war, while only 42 percent of respondents approve of Washington's military campaign against the Taliban and their al-Qaeda allies.
The ratio of respondents against the war is 11 percent higher than that recorded in April and was the highest in a CNN poll since the start of the US-led war to overthrow the Taliban regime in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001.
The new survey comes amid rising violence across Afghanistan with the resulting spike in foreign troop casualties.
The US military death toll in recent months has been among the highest since the beginning of the conflict.
The rising insurgency has prompted the administration of US President Barack Obama to send another 4,000 troops to Afghanistan, in addition to 17,000 extra troops already deployed in the war-ravaged country. There are currently around 100,000 US and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan.
The troop surge -- despite widespread opposition in the US -- plus a dismal economy has lead to a three-point fall in Obama's overall approval rating to stand at 53 percent, another CNN poll showed.
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