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LONDON - More than half of Britons oppose their country's military campaign in Afghanistan, according to a poll published Wednesday.
An ICM poll commissioned by BBC radio showed that 56 per cent of those surveyed opposed the war while only about 37 per cent supported it. The rest said they didn't know or refused to answer.
The figures are broadly in line with a similar survey conducted three years ago and more recent polls showing that wide sections of the British public are uneasy with their country's commitment to the eight-year-old campaign.
Britain has about 9,000 soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the government has said it is open to the possibility of sending reinforcements to control the raging insurgency. As of Monday, a total of 220 British military personnel have died while serving there since 2001.
The poll was commissioned for a radio debate "Afghanistan: Is It Mission Impossible?" due to be broadcast later Wednesday.
ICM interviewed a random sample of 1,010 adults by telephone between Oct. 2 and 4. Although the pollster did not supply a margin of error, polls of that size typically have a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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BBC poll: http://bit.ly/17nU2g
