Following a contentious first voting round, Afghans lined up to vote for a president again on Saturday. The race between the two candidates is close but, regardless of the outcomes, it will be a historic moment for Afghanistan as it will be the first democratic exchange of power since the Taliban came to power.

Afghans first went to the polls in April but none of the candidates reached the 50 percent threshold that would prevent a runoff. Because of that the two top candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, are now trying to woo the Afghan people into choosing one as president.

Despite another round of threats by the Taliban to kill those who go vote, there was another large turnout. The head of the nation's election committee, Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani, said that around 7 million people cast their votes out of 12 million eligible voters. Out of the nation's 6,365 polling stations, only 140 did not open because of security concern, reports the Washington Post.

"For all Afghan people looking for freedom, this is a good day, an important day," said Naila Sharifi, 35, a gynecologist who voted in Kabul shortly before the polls closed. She told the newspaper she was undeterred by the Taliban threats. "All the women casting votes today are doing so to punch the Taliban in the face."

However, there have also been allegations of fraud. Witnesses have reported that at some polling stations police officers and soldiers were making voters choose Abdullah, who was the nation's foreign affairs minister. Yet, security forces argue that civilians were committing fraud on their own. These allegations may complicate the vote counting but the U.S. hopes for a peaceful transition to cap off its troop withdrawal.

Yet, there have been attacks on some polling stations. According to the governor of the northern province of Samangan, a bomb exploded killing 11, including election workers.

"Three local IEC workers and two observers from Dr Abdullah's team were among them," Samangan's governor, Khairullah Anosh, told Reuters, referring to the Independent Election Commission and candidate Abdullah Abdullah.

All the dead were on the bus near which the bomb had exploded. According to the Guardian, the death toll on election day now stands at 31.