Live Blog: Afghanistan Presidential Election 2014

Sidiq Sidiqi, spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior, says at least 12 suspected militants have been arrested in Kabul in the last 24 hours.

A Reuters correspondent. As we wrote earlier, in an anti-fraud measure each station is limited to 600 ballots. Bamyan is a province in central Afghanistan.

It's raining hard in Kabul, but correspondents here are reporting that the lines remain long. Voters are improvising -- placing long plastic sheets over their heads. -- Frud Bezhan

Our Afghan Service has the following from Kabul:

Two hours until the end of the voting process and some voters are already calling for the time to be extended for at least two more hours. Many people are still waiting in long lines to cast their votes due to crowds, rain, cold weather and technical problems. -- Freshta Jalalzai

A voter sent this picture to our Afghan Service. He claims that he was able to easily wash the purple ink -- which is supposed to prevent multiple votes -- from his finger.

Voting extended for one hour until 5PM local time

Amid high turnout, heavy rain and ballot shortages in some areas, the Afghan Election Commission just announced the extension. The elections commission head, Ahmad Yousuf Nouristani, says voting may be extended as late as 8PM if there is demand.

"We will wait for the very last person to cast his or her ballot," he said.

From our Afghan Service: Voters in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif.