'Gen. Abdul Razzaq, deputy commander of border police, was directly involved in intimidating people and barring monitors from voting sites. He went as far as to open one polling station at his guesthouse in Ghazni province. The ballot boxes should be quarantined.'

Abdullah maintained he was in touch with several other candidates, who also confirmed violations in the elections. Some of them had questioned the legitimacy of the polls, he said.

The list of all polling centres should have been handed to candidates, he believed, slamming the Independent Election Commission (IEC) for refusing to give them even complete details of polling centres.

Many people with complaints of rigging were in contact with him, claimed the ex-minister, who added he had asked his supporters to exercise patience and that he would expose the fraud in accordance with the law.

The initial result of the presidential and provincial council polls will be announced Tuesday, with the final outcome expected in mid-September