Support for full withdrawal from Afghanistan grows among US veterans, military families: poll

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The survey, conducted by Concerned Veterans for America during 7-10 April, includes responses from about 700 military veterans and about 800 military family members.

“I think this shows the fatigue of almost two decades of war,” said Nate Anderson, executive director of the group. “And I think there is increased awareness among the American public about how long we have been fighting.”

The results are an increase from 60 percent for each group in the 2019 poll. More than half of the veterans who backed a full withdrawal offered strong support for the idea.

US has signed a peace with the Taliban that that could see full withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. The deal, however, has seen hurdles over prisoner exchanges between the Afghan government and the Taliban that would lead to start of intra-Afghan peace talks.

More than 2,300 US military personnel have been killed in Afghanistan since the start of the conflict there in 2001.

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