12:42
14.6.2014
Radio Free Afghanistan:
"Once again, the elections took place in a very good atmosphere and the process has been officially announced over. We evaluate it as very good. We did not face any particular challenges. We have recorded 150 attacks all over the country targeting our security forces, but with God's grace, every attack was defeated."
-- Interior Ministry spokesman Sidiq Sidiqi
12:55
14.6.2014
"I think that this time the amount of fraud is much lower than during the previous round, because of the representatives of both candidates, the international community, journalists, civil society, and the presence of people that closely observed the [election] process."
-- IEC head Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani speaking to reporters in Kabul
12:58
14.6.2014
Radio Free Afghanistan:
"In a few areas, fraud in favor of a particular candidate continues. In some areas voters were stopped from voting, had their fingers discolored after they cast ballots, and were persuaded [by armed men] to vote for their favorite candidate."
-- Amir Hamza Ahmadzai, head of IEC office in Kundoz Province
12:59
14.6.2014
Radio Free Afghanistan:
-- an unidentified male resident of Kunduz Province's Khan Abad district
"Armed men wander around the area, gather people or farmers that they find along the way, load them in cars and ask them to vote for one candidate regardless of whether they have a voting card or not."
-- an unidentified male resident of Kunduz Province's Khan Abad district
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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."