Live Blog: Afghanistan Presidential Election 2014

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Women voters with children report problems
An RFE/RL Afghan Service reporter in Kabul says that a group of women voters told her that election officials berated them for bringing their children to the the ballot stations. The women say that in order to vote they have to bring their kids.

An RFE/RL Afghan Service reporter in Kabul says in visits to four polling stations this morning she saw no independent observers.

Voter fraud is a huge concern. In 2009, over a million votes were ruled ineligible due to fraud. This year, there are at least 7 million more voter cards than there are people eligible to vote -- presenting a major opportunity for fraud.

From our news desk, statements from the two frontrunners.

Ashraf Ghani, after casting his ballot: