Washington ? The Obama administration’s road map to winning the war in Afghanistan relies heavily on clearing al-Qaida terrorists from Pakistan, according to a list of benchmarks given Wednesday to an increasingly skeptical Congress.

The unclassified list of 46 benchmarks outlines how the administration plans to track success in the war against insurgents in Afghanistan and the effort to hunt terrorists inside Pakistan. The top American goal for the region is described as disrupting terrorist networks in Afghanistan “and especially Pakistan.”

Stabilizing Pakistan always has been a key part of the administration’s strategy for South Asia. But its prominence in the long-awaited benchmarks for the Afghan war signals a longer regional view than just gauging whether the conflict is being won.