68% of people want troops out of Afghanistan latest poll shows

The BBC poll is published as news comes through that two more Royal Marines have been killed in Afghanistan.

These deaths alongside the deaths of thousands of Afghans killed in this war are not only tragic but unnecessary. It has been acknowledged by senior diplomatic and military figures that the war in Afghanistan is unwinable and that there will be negotiations with the Taliban.

What is remarkable about the current political situation is that whereas a large majority of people in Britain wish to end the Afghan war there is not a single senior politician with the courage to reflect that view in Parliament. Stop the War calls for immediate withdrawal of all foreign military forces from Afghanistan.