Lyse answers: Yes Timothy hard to see people suffering, in hardship, waiting for change.

BBC: Live the story: Your questions to Lyse Doucet

"I'm coming into this job with my eyes open, and no illusions, " Mr Brahimi told the BBC's Lyse Doucet in an interview in New York.

BBC: UN envoy Brahimi says Syria mission 'nearly impossible'

The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Kabul says there had been intense discussion in recent days as to whether scrapping the second round would be constitutionally legal.

BBC: Karzai declared elected president

Lyse Doucet also spent nearly five years in West and South Asia, starting in Kabul in 1988-1989 to cover the withdrawal of Russian troops from Afghanistan.

BBC: Meet the presenters

Lyse Doucet began her BBC career in Africa where she spent four years covering events in West and North Africa including a spate of military coups, and recurrent drought and famine in the Sahel.

BBC: Meet the presenters

Before joining BBC World's team of presenters in London this year, Lyse Doucet spent five years in the Middle East, living first in Jordan where she covered the historic negotiations which led to the Israeli Jordanian peace agreement.

BBC: Meet the presenters