Less than 40% of Americans approve of President Joe Biden's handling of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and three quarters wanted U.S. forces to remain in the country until all American civilians could get out, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.
The national survey, conducted Aug. 27-30, found that 51% disapproved of Biden's approach to the pulloutThe United States completed the withdrawal of its military forces from Afghanistan on Monday, two decades after it invaded the country following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
In the poll, completed just before the last U.S. troops left Afghanistan, 49% said the U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan "until all American citizens and Afghan allies have been evacuated," and 25% said that U.S. forces should remain until all U.S. citizens could leave.When asked what they thought of how the Biden administration handled the resettlement of America's Afghan allies, 45% approved while 42% disapproved.
Another 30% blamed a slew of other actors in the region, including the Taliban, the Afghan military, U.S. military leaders and ISIS-K, the militant group that claimed responsibility for last week's bombing at the Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. service members. Some 55% of adults approve of the way Biden has steered America’s COVID-19 response, while 38% disapprove. About the economy, 47% said they approved of his policies while 45% disapproved.
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