KABUL - Since he was nine-years-old Wais Ahmad Hikmat has been the editor-in-chief of the Rafahi Naw Jawan (Teenager Welfare), a bi-monthly magazine published for and by young volunteers.

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today announced his intention to appoint Mr. Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

MAZAR-I-Sharif - In his first visit to Mazar-e-Sharif since the UN mission was attacked on 1 April, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura promised that “we will intensify our activities.”