( CNN ) -- Candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to the counting of ballots in Afghanistan 's presidential runoff election , alleging widespread fraud . In a live news conference on Tolo TV , Abdullah said his campaign was suspending `` engagement with the ( election ) commission '' and recalling his party monitors from election commission offices . He said there was `` no way the counting could continue in the absence of ( his campaign 's ) monitors . '' Noor Mohammed Noor , a spokesman for the election commission , said the count would proceed . He said the commission could not predict whether the counting process has been successful at this stage . Noor asked that any complaints be withheld until a winner is announced . The results have been scheduled to be released July 22 , according to the election commission . Abdullah , who dropped out of the presidential race in 2009 because of what he called large-scale voter fraud , took to Twitter to amplify his case for stopping this year 's count , saying : . -- `` It is the right of the people to defend their vote . Fraud is taking place in every corner of the country and hurting the Afghan people . '' -- `` Counting process should be stopped because this process is not transparent at all . I declare this as a candidate for Afghanistan 's presidential election . '' Saturday 's runoff between Abdullah , the nation 's former foreign minister , and former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani was marred by violence . Afghan Deputy Interior Minister Gen. Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said 10 Afghan soldiers , 14 civilians and 19 insurgents were killed in a day that saw nearly 150 attacks throughout the country . In the general election on April 5 , Abdullah secured 45 % of the vote , and Ghani was second with 31.6 % . A candidate must receive more than 50 % of the votes for the election to be decided without a runoff . Although once an ally of outgoing President Hamid Karzai , Abdullah has in recent years become an opponent and vocal critic of the Taliban . Ghani -- also a former adviser to Karzai and finance minister in his cabinet -- was once a U.S. citizen , but gave up his passport to run for the Afghan presidency in 2009 . CNN 's Masoud Popalzai and Aliza Kassim contributed to this report .
Candidate Abdullah Abdullah wants vote count stopped . He says he is recalling his party monitors from election commission offices . On Twitter , Abdullah says , `` this process is not transparent at all '' Election commission spokesman : Time for complaints is after a winner is announced .