BRUSSELS - The prospect of electoral reforms in Afghanistan, which are needed for new parliamentary elections, has been welcomed by a high-level UN official speaking at the NATO Defence Ministers meeting.

KABUL - Afghanistan’s first online system for counter narcotics went live today, thanks to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Afghanistan Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN).

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to convene 22 June in New York to discuss thelatest report of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation in Afghanistan.