The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) held a consultative meeting with journalists and media managers in Kundoz, Badakhshan, Baghlan and Takhar provinces to hear their concerns, recommendations, and challenges.
The meeting was attended by AJSC officials, local media managers, active journalists and media managers of the north-eastern zone, and government officials.
During the discussion, participants highlighted requirement of multiple licenses for media houses, issues in extending media licenses from relevant provinces or the zone, financial challenges of media houses, high electricity costs, high cost of frequency license, and lack of training programs aimed at improving journalists’ skills and professional capacity as the main challenges facing journalists in the provinces.
Jamil Weqar, head of AJSC, in addition to appreciating the work and commitment of journalists, said that despite the good progress in the past years, AJSC will consistently work so that challenges facing media work are addressed and a better environment for journalists’ work is facilitated.
AJSC has been consistently working to address challenges facing the work of journalists and facilitate a safe environment for them.
