The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) organized meetings with spokespersons and media officers of local administration in Nangarhar, Ghazni, Zabul, Panjshir, Paktika, Badakhshan, Kunar, Jawzjan, Farah, Ghor, Baghlan, Takhar and Laghman provinces to facilitate journalists and media outlets’ timely access to credible information.
AJSC’s zone coordinators for the eastern and central zones, AJSC’s provincial focal points, spokespersons for the governor’s office in Paktika, Baghlan, Ghor and Zabul, spokespersons for police command of Ghazni and Farah, media officers and spokespersons for intelligence directorate of Kunar, propagation of virtue and prevention of vice directorate in Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman, municipalities of Sheberghan and Faizabad cities, and 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.
