Support for Afghan war dips in US: Poll

The latest New York Times/CBS survey found that 69 percent of the respondents believe the United States should not be fighting in Afghanistan any more.

The poll, conducted among 986 adults from March 21-25, shows a 16-point increase in dissatisfaction with the decade-plus-long war, compared with a similar survey four months ago. The figure was 53 percent back in November.

The costly war has forced the US government to engage the Afghan militants in dialogue in a bid to curb the violence in the war-ravaged country.

The Taliban have suspended the talks with the US over the massacre that has sparked intense outrage among the people of the Asian country.

Meanwhile, at least three US-led foreign soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Monday.

In the first attack, a man in the Afghan army uniform killed two British troopers at a base in the southern Helmand province.

An American soldier was also shot dead by an Afghan police officer in the eastern Paktika province.

Separately, three U-S-led foreign soldiers were injured in a bomb explosion in the Uruzgan province.

General John Allen, the commander of the US-led forces in the country, says he expects more attacks on foreign troops.

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