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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.
After Karzai -- Afghan Election 2014

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
12:46 14.6.2014
The Pakistan-based Afghan Islami Press news agency is reporting that the incident in Khost Province's Alisher District (see below) involved two missiles, fired from an unknown direction, that hit a house near a polling station. It reports five people killed and 17 injured.

RFE/RL has not independently verified the report.

12:39 14.6.2014
From dpa:
Five children were killed and six people were wounded
in a rocket attack in eastern Afghanistan, a government official
said.

"A rocket fired by the enemies landed on a house in Alisher district
this morning. Five children under the age of 13 were killed in the
house and five people including a woman were wounded," said Abdul
Wahed Pathan, deputy governor for Khost province.

The attack took place after voting started, he said.

"The election is going on normally in the province, but ballot sheets
ran out in Tanai district and in some centres in Khost city," he said.

12:38 14.6.2014

Afghans Vote In Presidential Runoff

Khost Province
1/16 Khost Province
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Khost Province
2/16 Khost Province
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Khost Province
3/16 Khost Province
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Herat Province
4/16 Herat Province
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Kabul, the Afghan capital
5/16 Kabul, the Afghan capital
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Kabul
6/16 Kabul
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Kabul
7/16 Kabul
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Konduz
8/16 Konduz
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Konduz
9/16 Konduz
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Konduz
10/16 Konduz
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Balkh
11/16 Balkh
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Balkh
12/16 Balkh
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Jalalabad
13/16 Jalalabad
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Baghlan
14/16 Baghlan
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Baghlan
15/16 Baghlan
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai after voting in Kabul
16/16 Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai after voting in Kabul
Afghans returned to the polls on June 14 for a second round of voting to decide which of two candidates -- Abdullah Abdullah or Ashraf Ghani -- will succeed Hamid Karzai, the only head of state the country has seen since the Taliban was ousted 13 years ago.
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12:19 14.6.2014
Some anti-Taliban sentiment making the rounds on Twitter ...

11:58 14.6.2014
We are looking into this ...

11:56 14.6.2014
We are seeing a few reports of violence and voter intimidation, but nothing confirmed.

11:46 14.6.2014
Women line up to vote in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on June 14
Women line up to vote in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on June 14

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