The national survey, conducted Aug 27-30, found that 51 percent disapproved of Biden’s approach to the pullout while 38 percent approved.

The United States completed the withdrawal of its military forces from Afghanistan on Monday, two decades after it invaded the country following the Sept 11, 2001, attacks.

The United States and its allies have flown out more than 122,000 people since Aug 14, including their own citizens and Afghans who helped them over 20 years of war.

But some Americans and many thousands of eligible Afghans did not make it out of the country, which is now once again under the control of the Taliban. Washington will pursue a diplomatic effort to evacuate those left behind.

In the poll, completed just before the last US troops left Afghanistan, 49 percent said the US military should stay in Afghanistan “until all American citizens and Afghan allies have been evacuated,” and 25 percent said that US forces should remain until all US citizens could leave.

Only 13 percent said that troops should “evacuate immediately.”

When asked what they thought of how the Biden administration handled the resettlement of America’s Afghan allies, 45 percent approved while 42 percent disapproved.