The chairman of the Commons intelligence and security committee Kim Howells has called for the phased withdrawal of British troops from Helmand province.
The former junior Foreign Office minister said the billions of pounds that would be saved should be redirected to defending the UK from terrorist attacks by al-Qaida.
Mr Howells told Today presenter Evan Davis why he believes it is time to end the war in Afghanistan.
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