The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) organized meetings with officials of directorates of information and culture, spokespersons and media officers of local administration in Kundoz, Nangarhar, Panjshir, Saripul, Paktia, Nuristan, Logar, Zabul, Uruzgan, Helmand, Farah, Ghor, Takhar, Laghman and Parwan provinces to facilitate journalists and media outlets’ timely access to credible information.
AJSC’s zone coordinators for the eastern and north eastern zones, AJSC’s provincial focal points, spokespersons for the governor’s office in Helmand, Saripul, Takhar and Parwan, spokespersons for police command of Helmand, Paktia and Farah, spokespersons for intelligence directorates in Uruzgan and Nuristan and spokespersons of a number of other entities, had participated in these meetings.
In these meetings the concepts related to information and importance of journalists’ access to information were discussed, and the need for government entities at the local administrations in facilitating access to information was emphasized.
Government officials in these meetings promised to cooperate with the journalists and the media outlets, and provide journalists with the needed information.
AJSC has been continuously working to facilitate a safe environment for journalists and media workers across the country.
