A roadside bomb has hit a truck carrying full ballot boxes in northern Afghanistan, killing three people a day after the country voted for a successor to President Hamid Karzai.
Eight boxes of votes were destroyed in the Sunday blast, which came as the leading candidates voiced concerns about possible fraud.
Around seven million people voted, according to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), a turnout of more than 50 per cent despite poor weather and Taliban threats.
Sayed Sarwar Hossaini, police spokesman for the province of Kunduz, said the truck was hit as it carried ballot boxes from polling stations to Kunduz city.
"The blast killed three people, including an IEC member, a policeman and a driver. The truck and eight ballot boxes were destroyed," Hossaini said.
Amir Amza Ahmadzai, the head of the IEC in Kunduz, confirmed the incident.
Roadside bombs have been a key weapon for the Taliban in the bloody insurgency waged against Karzai's government and its Western backers since being ousted from power in 2001.
In the run-up to the poll the Islamists urged their fighters to target election workers, voters and security forces to disrupt the vote, which they rejected as a foreign plot.
