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Millions of Afghans crowded into mosques and schools on Saturday to vote for a new president and provincial councils.
The UN security council applauded the preparations for the vote.
However, there were wide complaints of a shortage of ballots and reports of fraud.
The Taliban claimed to have staged more than 1,000 attacks and killed dozens during the election, which they branded a US-backed deception of the Afghan people.
Bombings, rocket attacks and gun battles were reported to have killed at least 20 people.
But despite the dangers at polling stations, nearly 60 per cent of the 12 million people eligible to vote turned out.
More than 350,000 troops and police were deployed for the vote, manning rings of checkpoints around the capital Kabul.
