A new poll has suggested that public support for the war in Afghanistan has fallen, with nearly two-thirds of Britons believing it is a lost cause. Skip related content
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Poll shows Brits see Afghan war as 'unwinnable'
Research carried out for the BBC1 Politics Show by ComRes found that two-fifths of people do not understand why UK troops are in the country.
Nearly two-thirds of those asked felt that the war was "unwinnable", up from 58 per cent in July.
Chief executive of ComRes Andrew Hawkins said: "Overall there is the sense that Afghanistan is becoming for Gordon Brown what Iraq became for Tony Blair: more than four in ten don't understand Britain's mission, support for the British presence there is ebbing away, and a majority have responded to the (Afghan) presidential election very negatively indeed."
The poll found that 63 per cent of those asked felt British troops should be withdrawn as soon as possible, and half believed that corruption in the recent Afghan election showed the war is not worth fighting.
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