Toby Lanzer, Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), attends a press conference during the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 27, 2018. The two-day Geneva Conference on Afghanistan to renew a process of development and reform began here on Tuesday, with an official from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan noting that progress in the country has been better than expected. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)