September 4, 2009
Six in 10 Americans (61%) say U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan was not a mistake, while the exact same percentage -- a record high -- concede things are going badly for the U.S. there.
August 17, 2009
As Afghans head to the polls Thursday to vote in the second presidential election in the young democracy’s history, a Gallup Poll shows 50% of voting-age Afghans believe in elections, but fewer than one in four (24%) are confident that this one ...
July 16, 2009
Americans are more likely now than at any point since 2003 to say things are going well for the U.S. in Iraq, but 58% still say U.S. involvement in Iraq was a mistake. By contrast, 36% say involvement in Afghanistan was a mistake.
June 26, 2009
Gallup's World Poll Regional Consultant for Asia, Nicole Naurath, and Gallup's Polling Director in Afghanistan, Rafiq Ullah Kakar, discuss Afghans’ perceptions of their security, the economy, the United States, and the state of law and order in ...
June 22, 2009
With Afghanistan’s second democratic presidential election scheduled for Aug. 20, Gallup reviews polling conducted in December 2008, which found 25% of Afghans calling President Karzai their country’s most trusted figure. At the time, only 10% ...
May 18, 2009
Prior to Pakistan’s recent offensive against the Taliban, a majority of Afghans (52%) perceived Pakistan to be supporting Taliban leadership, something 12% think it should do. In contrast, only 14% think Pakistan is helping with reconstruction ...
March 18, 2009
Americans’ views of the war in Afghanistan are now the most negative they have been, with 42% calling the war a “mistake.” Six years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, 52% of Americans still call that war a mistake, but the public’s optimism about ...
February 27, 2009
As the United States prepares to send additional forces to Afghanistan, Gallup Polls reveal that 41% of Afghans see the nation’s economy as the most pressing problem they face, compared with 12% who say security.
February 23, 2009
A strong majority (65%) of Americans support President Obama’s decision to send 17,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, including 75% support from Republicans, marking a relatively rare instance in which a president receives more support for a ...
February 19, 2009
Before President Barack Obama’s decision this week to send additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan, a majority of Americans (52%) perceived the situation there to be going very or moderately badly; 70% thought the Taliban would retake control if ...
