his or her own words. >> thanks very much. the senior congressional correspondent. grim tidings from the war zone. we have the cafferty file. welcome back. >> more than years into the war in afghanistan and there is not a lot of good news to report. from every conceivable angle, things are a mess beginning with the country's attempts at democracy. what a joke. officials postponed the results of last month's parliamentary elections because of widespread fraud. they are expected to throw out anywhere from 10 to 25% of the votes. that could be as many as one million votes. the fraud included everything from stuffing the ballot box to citizens being forced to cast their votes at gunpoint. to election officials and security forces working in cahoots with corrupt candidates. on the security front, insurgent attacks on coalition fors are