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Afghan election officials count ballot papers after polls closed in Kabul on June 14.
Afghan election officials count ballot papers after polls closed in Kabul on June 14.

Live Blog: Election Day In Afghanistan

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-- The vote count continues, as does the investigation into hundreds of claims of vote fraud. Final preliminary results are expected on July 2, and final results on July 22.

-- Many media refrained from reporting violence during the vote, but officials said June 15 that more than 270 Taliban attacks were recorded, resulting in the deaths of 50 civilians.

-- In one attack, a roadside bomb exploded beside a minibus that was carrying Afghan election workers home, killing 10 adults and a child.

-- Taliban militants severed the voting fingers of 11 voters in Herat Province.

-- The Independent Electoral Commission initially said that there were signs that voter turnout exceeded 7 million, putting it roughly on par with the first-round vote in April.

-- Officials said that, of those who turned out, 38 percent were women and 62 percent were men.

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kabul
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From the Provinces

Reuters has a report about voting in the restive province of Wardak, just south of Kabul:
In the province of Wardak, where militants use districts under their control to launch attacks on the capital, streets and polling stations were mostly empty, save for election staff and their observers.

It was a scene repeated across rural Afghanistan. To many residents in Wardak, where rockets hit near the governor's compound and clashes broke out with insurgents on Saturday, voting was not worth the risk of losing their lives.
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Reuters spoke to two Kabul resident to get their take on the election:

Sayed Mehdi:

"People freely cast their vote in the runoff election, the situation around the country was peaceful, security was tight due to the Afghan security forces. We are so happy about the election and appreciate our security forces."

Hafizullan Khan:

"We ask the Independent Election Commission to be honest in their work. We don't accept fraud in election results because we are poor people and delaying of election result affects our economy."
07:15 15.6.2014
Complaints Process

Election Complaints Commission (ECC) spokesman Nadir Mohseni talking about the complaints process:
07:09 15.6.2014
Allegations of Fraud

Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani swiftly alleged fraud after the closure of the polls on Saturday.

Abdullah said: "We know there has been fraud, you have seen it, we have seen it."

Ghani called for a full investigation into vote-rigging, saying "unfortunately there were cases of security forces involved in fraud, we have the evidence."
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Taliban Cut Off Voters' Fingers

Afghan media outlets are reporting that Taliban militants cut off the fingers of 11 voters in the western city of Herat.

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