intelligence analyst said to the senators, senators you know we've won this war twice already. we won it the first time at the end of the campaign in the fall of 2001. we won it a second time in 2004, happened to be during myer era. >> this is based on the constitution of afghanistan and in respect of the constitution of afghanistan. >> outside of the military offensive, there were early successes in afghanistan trying to rebuild a country devastated by decades of war including the first direct democratic election in the country's history. >> i am very, very happy because now i'm sure we will have a good government and a future and now i can make my future, i can make my life by myself. >> all those people holding up their finger showing the die, showing they had voted, how did that feel? >> i mean , nobody really knew