for that we're joined by: andrew wilder, vice president of south and central asia programs at the "unitedtes institute of peace." he just returned from afghanistan last week. and nazif shahrani is an afghan- american who's a professor of anthropology at indiana university. nazif shahrani, let me start with you. how serious a situation is this? is there potential for a drawn-out major problem? >> yes, unfortunately, there is. the people of afghanistan have been waiting for the results of the election for some time. given the environment in which the two candidates, especially abdullah abdullah, is at this point that is threatening not to accept the results and also some of his supporters in the provinces as well as one of his vice presidents are saying that if their demands are not met, they may create a parallel government which obviously would not be to the advantage of the country and the people are seriously concerned about it. >> brown: andrew wilder, you were just there. what did you see in terms of the election or anything that helps us understand the voting, the potential for fraud