mr. john maples? >> can i ask the prime minister this. in 2006 we sent 3,000 troops in afghanistan as part of a reconstruction mission. now our objectives are to defeat terrorism and to make afghanistan a stable and effective state. and i find many of my constituents are not convinced we have a credible strategy for achieving those objectives. and i wonder if i could ask him to look again of those objectives so i can explain to people in my constituency how to judge success. >> i have to say to them that since 2001, our objective has been to restrain and contain and defeat terrorism by acting in afghanistan and, of course, working with the pakistan government. it was true in 2001 has been given in afghanistan and they are now mainly in north pakistan now. we need to make sure terrorism cannot hit the streets of britain and that's why we can't allow taliban or al-qaeda-related activities to flourish in afghanistan and we cannot allow the pakistan government to be overrun by people who are operating through al-qaeda and the pakistan taliban

mr. john maples? >> can i ask the prime minister this. in 2006 we sent 3,000 troops in afghanistan as part of a reconstruction mission. now our objectives are to defeat terrorism and to make afghanistan a stable and effective state. and i find many of my constituents are not convinced we have a credible strategy for achieving those objectives. and i wonder if i could ask him to look again of those objectives so i can explain to people in my constituency how to judge success. >> i have to say to them that since 2001, our objective has been to restrain and contain and defeat terrorism by acting in afghanistan and, of course, working with the pakistan government. it was true in 2001 has been given in afghanistan and they are now mainly in north pakistan now. we need to make sure terrorism cannot hit the streets of britain and that's why we can't allow taliban or al-qaeda-related activities to flourish in afghanistan and we cannot allow the pakistan government to be overrun by people who are operating through al-qaeda and the pakistan taliban