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This concludes our live-blogging for election day, June 14. We will be back first thing in the morning (Kabul time) with the latest news and information!
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Kabul's Ariana TV and other media have quoted an unidentified official from the Independent Electoral Commission as saying that some media outlets violated the two-day silence period that barred campaigning ahead of today's vote.
The unnamed official, who spoke while the election was still going on, estimated the number of violators at around "15 to 18."
The official also said that media outlets had been advised not focus their election-day coverage on violence and terrorist activities, and to not create anxiety among the people. He said some outlets voluntarily agreed to abide by this, and that it had contributed to encouraging people to go out to vote.
The unnamed official, who spoke while the election was still going on, estimated the number of violators at around "15 to 18."
The official also said that media outlets had been advised not focus their election-day coverage on violence and terrorist activities, and to not create anxiety among the people. He said some outlets voluntarily agreed to abide by this, and that it had contributed to encouraging people to go out to vote.
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14:06
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Outgoing President Hamid Karzai:
"We showed ourselves to be a strong nation which knows what is best. Following the result of this election Afghanistan will, Inshallah, receive much prosperity and joy. I congratulate both candidates and their friends. I especially congratulate the Afghan nation and its children, who served today as police, army, and national security forces, and the media. I extended my condolences to those families that have been hurt in attacks and acts of terrorism today. The result of these elections will bring good to Afghanistan."
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13:52
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From Reuters:
"As voting ended ... it emerged there had been far fewer incidents of violence than had been feared, and, like in the first round of voting in April, there was a palpable sense of relief in the Afghan capital."
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