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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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"Is your future with Ashraf Ghani or ... with ... ???. Your vote, your future."
-- Ashraf Ghani campaign billboard
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15:26 10.6.2014
This wraps up our live-blogging for Tuesday, June 10. See you first thing in the morning Kabul time!
04:31 11.6.2014
Good morning. Welcome to our coverage of Afghanistan's run-off election. Today is the last day for campaigning. There will be two-day "silence period" before the election on June 14.
04:38 11.6.2014
Ashraf Ghani has challenged his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, to a televised debate.

Ghani has accused Abdullah of “running scared.” Abdullah has failed to show up at several televised debates ahead of the first round election on April 5. He has also been unwilling to have a face-to-face debate ahead of the second round. But now Abdullah has told the BBC that he will if the conditions are right.
04:51 11.6.2014
Afghans have turned to social networking sites Facebook and Twitter to urge Abdullah to face Ghani in a televised debate.

On Twitter, dozens of messages like this one have been posted in the past two weeks.
04:58 11.6.2014
A widely circulated cartoon on Twitter that takes a swipe at Abdullah's reluctance to face Ghani in a debate. "I have been ready for a debate. I was ready for a debate and I'm ready now."

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