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Poll: Most Say War in Afghanistan Going Badly -- CBS
More Americans than ever believe the war in Afghanistan is going badly for the United States, a new CBS News poll finds.
Sixty-nine percent now say things are going badly for the U.S. in Afghanistan, a sharp increase from the 53 percent who said so in September. Just 23 percent say things are going well, down 12 points from September.
The findings reflect the most negative assessment of the war ever measured in CBS News polls.
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More News On Afghanistan
Majority in US see Afghan war not worth cost: poll -- AFP
U.S. divided on troop increase in Afghanistan - poll -- Reuters
Poll finds guarded optimism on Obama's Afghanistan plan -- Washington Post
US public backs Obama in Afghan war -- Al Jazeera
Obama Says He Is Close to Afghan War Decision -- New York Times
Obama 'close' to Afghan decision -- BBC
Obama Says Afghan Strategy Will Include Path to Exit -- Bloomberg
Obama: US Presenting Benchmarks for Afghan Government -- Voice of America
Obama: Aim is to put US on path to end Afghan war -- AP
Lawmakers caution Obama against Afghan troops -- AFP
NATO Chief Confident Afghanistan Will Have More Troops -- Voice of America
NATO Chief Predicts ‘Substantially More Troops’ in Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
Afghan Corruption Concerns US Policy Planners -- Voice of America
Ridding Afghanistan of corruption will be no easy task -- L.A. Times
Corruption corrodes confidence in Kabul -- The Age
Afghan Minister Accused of Taking Bribe -- Washington Post
Afghan capital braces for Karzai inauguration -- Yahoo News/AP
Kabul comes to halt as VIPs arrive for inauguration -- Dawn
Clinton in first Afghan visit as top U.S. diplomat -- Reuters
Hillary Clinton makes surprise visit to Afghanistan -- CNN
Clinton in Afghanistan to prod Karzai -- Washington Times
Clinton to attend Afghan president inauguration -- AFP
Afghans 'blame poverty for war' -- BBC
Poverty 'fuelling Afghanistan fighting' -- InTheNews.co.uk
Afghans say poverty, not Taliban, main cause of war -- Reuters
Counting the Costs of Afghanistan's Wars -- Time Magazine
Afghan, Pakistani Taliban Diverge on Goals -- Washington Times
Afghans on hold, awaiting Karzai, Obama decisions -- Yahoo News/AP
David Miliband: Afghanistan is 'not a fight to the death' -- The Telegraph
Germany Approves Extension for Afghan Mission -- New York Times
Slovakia to double troops in Afghanistan -- Press TV
Battle for Afghanistan's South is key: Canadian general -- Vancouver Sun
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 841 -- AP
Commentaries And Analysis
What's at stake in Afghanistan -- Clive Crook, The Atlantic
Can the West salvage Karzai’s reputation? -- Reuters
Vision for Victory, Part I -- Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Times
Bags of gold buy dubious loyalty and creates grievances among Afghans -- Rachel Reid, The Guardian
Should Central Asia Fear Taleban Spillover? -- Ground Report