KABUL's upcoming presidential election in September.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan needs to provide strong support for the election, said Ma Zhaoxu, China's permanent representative to the United Nations.
Ambassador Ma said, “We hope the Afghan electoral institutions will learn from the experience and lessons of last year's parliamentary elections and make orderly preparations for the upcoming vote.””
He told a meeting of the UN Security Council the Afghan national security forces needed to make deployment arrangements in advance to . . .
