NEWYORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his latest report to the Security Council on Afghanistan, has noted that improvements in the security situation had been registered against the record high incident levels of 2011. “These gains have not, however, generated public perceptions of greater security and do not reflect improvements to the institutional structures required for longer-term stability,” wrote the UN chief. While expressing satisfaction over the security transition proceeding “as planned and expected”, Mr. Ban said “appreciation appears to be growing among key stakeholders of the urgent need to explore an intra-Afghan accommodation” to avoid a potential protracted conflict, or increased instability and fragmentation. Download the full report