According to the latest opinion poll conducted by the USA Today/Gallup and published on Tuesday, 54 percent of Americans are of the opinion that the nine-year-old war in Afghanistan is going in the wrong direction as compared to 45 percent of people who think otherwise, AFP reported.
In addition, a large number of those surveyed said the troops should withdraw from Afghanistan against the backdrop of a dramatic surge in violence against US-led soldiers in the war-stricken country.
Obama, whose plans to triple the number of US troops stationed in Afghanistan have so far failed to rein in the spiraling militancy in Afghanistan has seen his approval rating recede since taking office in 2009.
More than 665 US-led soldiers have been killed so far this year in Afghanistan, the highest annual casualty count since the war began in 2001.
The number of Afghan civilians killed in the conflict also soared by a third in the first six months of 2010 to stand at 1,271.
The survey has put overall public support for Obama at 42% while his approval rating on some other key issues such as the handling of the economic crisis and the federal budget deficit has dramatically dropped amid concerns over government failures to steer the country away from a full-blown financial melt-down.
A recent poll conducted by Zogby, also indicated that after 22 months in office, Obama’s public support has hit an all-time low of 39 percent.
Source: Press TV