report stayed in the most recent assessment that the afghan government control of districts is lost -- segarwhile it is the highest since decemberes of 2015. general dunford, would expect to see the afghan governance control increase while the insurgencies control decrease. when do you see the ansf turning the corner against insurgents? >> thanks for the question. i was just in afghanistan. i spent five days there about three weeks ago come visited all of our positions and spend time with general nicholson to talk about in detail i was in permitting the south asia strategy and specifically the military dimension of the south asia strategy that secretary mattis directed. couple challenges we had. number one, we've suffered significant afghan casualties. number two, the cooperation across the afghan police, afghan army, intelligence organizations hasn't been quite what it needed to be. and number three, there were short give of those, aviation intelligence capability, surface fires capability. what we have done i believe it's taken a look exactly what the afghans need to gain momentum and beca