WASHINGTON — Rep. Ed Towns, who last month voted against funding the troop surge in Afghanistan, has experienced a change of heart after a visit to the war zone.

“You see little kids waving and [giving] thumbs-up, you know, saying, ‘Thank you, America,’ ” the Brooklyn Democrat said on his way back home over the weekend. “I was touched by it.”

Despite a recent spike in US casualties, Towns, 76, said he thinks we will win and start pulling out in 11 months, as per President Obama’s plan.