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Jan 4, 2015 7:00am

Fewer than four in 10 Americans say the war in Afghanistan was worth fighting up from its low but still a broadly negative judgment on the United States longest conflict.

Asked to consider its costs vs. benefits, 38 percent in this ABC News/Washington Post poll say the war in Afghanistan was worth fighting; 56 percent say it was not. While still a negative view, thats eased from 28-67 percent in July 2013, as U.S. forces gradually have disengaged.

Americans divide essentially evenly on whether the conflict achieved its aim of improving long-term U.S. security, 48-47 percent. But only 19 percent say it contributed a great deal to the security of the United States, a key reason most say it wasnt worth fighting.

Despite these attitudes, the survey, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds majority support for plans to keep up to 10,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan to train Afghan forces and assist in counter-insurgency operations in the year ahead: Fifty-four percent are in favor, though a substantial 43 percent are opposed.

The United States and its NATO allies officially ended their combat role in Afghanistan last week, 13 years after the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban government in response to its support for the al Qaeda terrorist network. More than 2,200 U.S. soldiers were killed, as were more than 1,000 from allied nations and thousands of Afghan civilians.

The invasion initially enjoyed broad U.S. public support, but that ebbed as the conflict dragged on. A majority hasnt called the war worth fighting since 2009.

Assessments of whether the war improved U.S. security are central to views of whether it was worth the effort. Among the two in 10 Americans who say it bolstered security a great deal, 76 percent also say the war was worth fighting. Among those who see more modest security gains, fewer, but still 56 percent, say the same. Among the half who dont think it improved long-term security, by contrast, only 13 percent say the war was worth fighting, 85 percent not.

There also are strong political and ideological components to these views. Republicans and conservatives particularly those who say theyre very conservative are far more likely than independents, Democrats, moderates or liberals to see the war as worth fighting. That said, even among Republicans, just 23 percent say the war contributed a great deal to U.S. security.

METHODOLOGY This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by telephone Dec. 11-14, 2014, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,000 adults, including landline and cell-phone-only respondents. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points, including design effect.

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To reach this remote district, a nine-person team from the Afghan presidential palace recently drove across rough, mountainous terrain where rock-covered paths turned to icy roads that repeatedly pushed their Toyota pickups to their limits.

When they reached a high school in Ruyi Du Ab, a two-hour drive from the capital of the northern province of Samangan, hundreds of men lined up to receive flour, sugar, rice, cooking oil, dates, blankets and rugs.

The community was still reeling from floods in the spring that left the largely agricultural area devastated. Farmers watched their crops and livestock wash away in the surging waters.

"There are families that didn't even have a single drinking glass left," one resident said.

An effort spearheaded by Afghanistan's new first lady, Rula Ghani, to get relief supplies to thousands of families as Afghans face winter has focused on remote areas where geography, climate and insecurity often hinder international aid efforts.

It is one of the first major projects undertaken by Ghani, who has said she wants a more public role than many of her predecessors, including Zinat Karzai, a gynecologist who was rarely seen in public.

In a country where most humanitarian assistance is distributed by the United Nations and Western aid agencies, Ghani's relief effort was funded by a $2-million grant from Saudi Arabia, part of a $130-million aid package that the government in Riyadh offered to Afghanistan during President Ashraf Ghani's visit in October.

Although President Ghani's administration has yet to decide on a Cabinet, the first lady's aid delivery was in part a way to show that the Afghan government could serve the country in ways other than politics. Yet it also carries risks for the first lady, a Lebanese-born Maronite Christian who has not concealed her background, which could be used against the president by conservative critics.

The last spouse of an Afghan leader to have a prominent public role was Queen Soraya, the wife of King Amanullah Khan, who ruled Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929. Soraya was politically active, serving as the king's education minister and joining his campaign against the conservative burka worn by some Afghan women.

For Ghani, who was active in charity work before her husband was elected president, the aid delivery was "an opportunity to not only reach the truly vulnerable but also for us to get a better sense of exactly what it takes to help those who find themselves in consistent need," she said in an interview in her office at the presidential palace.

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