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British troops leave Helmand province
The last UK troops have left Helmand province in Afghanistan, as a poll suggested 68% of the UK public thought the campaign had not been "worthwhile".
The BBC poll of 1,000 adults also found 14% thought the UK was safer as a result of the 13-year campaign.
The end of UK combat operations was announced on Sunday, as the main British base Camp Bastion was handed to Afghan control.
The final troops left by helicopter, with the last man carrying the UK flag.
US troops from Camp Leatherneck, which adjoined Camp Bastion, have also left, leaving Afghan forces in control of the entire site.
The telephone poll, carried out from 24-26 October, found 42% thought the UK was "less safe" as a result of the international intervention in Afghanistan, which began in 2001.
Responses showed 39% thought there was "no real difference", while 5% did not know or refused to answer.
In addition, 24% said the deployment of UK troops had left Afghanistan "better off", 25% said the country was "worse off" and 44% said there was no real difference.
In answer to another question, 31% said they where somewhat or very confident Afghanistan could "protect its citizens without the help of UK forces", while 64% said they were not so confident or not confident at all.
The government has said UK troops will not return to fight in Afghanistan "under any circumstances".
BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said troops arrived in Kandahar from Camp Bastion overnight in "large numbers" on Hercules aircraft, before a "wave of helicopters" carried the remaining few.
He said the last man off the final Chinook helicopter carried the British flag that was lowered in a ceremony at Camp Bastion on Sunday.
The troops will return home from Kandahar "in the next few days", he added.
The UK's most senior officer in Helmand, Brig Rob Thomson, said Sunday's ceremony marked the "final step in a deliberate, responsible and measured handover" to the Afghans.
On Sunday, David Cameron tweeted: "We will always remember the courage of those who served on our behalf."
But former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott has questioned whether the results "justified" the 453 UK deaths.
Writing in the Daily Mirror, Lord Prescott, who was in the cabinet that sent British troops to Afghanistan in 2001, said: "I respect the thousands of gallant men and women who went to Afghanistan and Iraq to save lives and restore peace.
"But they teach us that being the world's policeman carries a heavy price and does not justify the heavy loss of lives."
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