At least 11 people, including four election workers, have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan, officials say.
The governor of the northern province of Samangan said the attack, which happened on Saturday evening in the capital Aybak, blew up a bus.
It came after polls closed in the second round of the country's presidential election, between former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and former finance minister Ashraf Ghani.
"Three local IEC (Independent Election Commission) workers and two observers from Dr Abdullah's team were among them," Khairullah Anosh told the Reuters news agency.
Around 60% of eligible voters cast ballots despite the violence His spokesman, Sediq Azizi, told AP the blast killed six women, four men and one child.
It is not clear if the election workers were the target of the attack.
Interior Minister Mohammad Umar Daudzai said 47 people had died in election day violence, including 20 civilians and an election commission worker.
He added 60 militants had been killed.
The Taliban punished these men for voting by cutting off their fingers The Taliban had denounced the election as a US ploy and vowed to derail it.
Police said they raided a building in the southern province of Kandahar on Sunday which had been occupied by militants.
In the clashes that followed, two would-be suicide bombers were shot dead.
Police were unable to prevent another two from blowing themselves up, killing three policemen and wounding another two.
Abdullah Abdullah casts his ballot In western Herat province, 11 people had their ink-stained fingers chopped off by the Taliban as a punishment for voting.
According to the electoral commission, more than seven million people cast ballots in the election, a turnout of around 60%.
This is similar to the first round of voting, when neither candidate gained the required 50% to avoid a run-off.
Ashraf Ghani finished second in the first round of voting Mr Abdullah and Mr Ghani are vying to replace Hamid Karzai, who has been in power since the US-led invasion toppled the Taliban in 2001.
Both have promised to improve ties with the West and sign a much-delayed security pact which will allow nearly 10,000 US troops to stay in the country for another two years.
Preliminary results are set to be announced on July 2, with final results published on July 22.
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