The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) organized work meetings of the Joint Media-Government Committee (JMGC) in Khost, Kandahar, Kundoz, Takhar, Samangan, Logar, Nuristan, Zabul, Ghor and Nimroz provinces. The meetings were held to address challenges facing media work and to strengthen the work of JMGC in these provinces.
Police chiefs of Khost and Samangan province, officials of the information and culture directorates, AJSC’s zone coordinators and provincial representatives, spokespersons and representatives of a number of local government entities, media managers and local journalists of the said provinces participated in these meetings.
In these meetings, journalists’ safety, hiring spokespersons, government officials’ cooperation with the media, challenges facing media work such as lack of access to information, high electricity costs, broadcasting issues and financial hardships of the media houses were discussed.
AJSC has been consistently working to address challenges facing the work of journalists and facilitate a safe environment for them.
