Karzai's Job Approval Sinking

By Greg Scoblete
July 23, 2010

According to Gallup, Hamid Karzai's approvals are slipping:

'At 44%, more Afghans approve of Karzai's individual leadership than they do the nation's leadership in general. However, his approval is down from 2009, and a majority (52%) disapproves for the first time. Karzai enjoyed majority approval throughout 2009, despite the election controversy last fall. His fellow citizens are more divided now, as they were in late 2008.'

Things aren't looking so good for the U.S. either:

'Afghans' approval of their country's leadership fell to 33% in April -- the lowest measured since 2008. More Afghans now approve of the job performance of U.S. leadership (43%) than they do their own.'

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