The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) organized meetings with spokespersons and media officers of local administration in Parwan, Khost, Nangarhar, Kundoz, Baghlan, Ghor, Helmand, Logar, Paktika, Uruzgan and Logar provinces to facilitate journalists and media outlets’ timely access to credible information.
AJSC’s zone coordinators for eastern, south-eastern, north-eastern and capital zones, AJSC’s provincial focal points, spokespersons for the governor’s office in Parwan, Baghlan, Zabul and Uruzgan, media officer of GDI in Kundoz, spokespersons for police command of Ghor and Paktika, media officers and spokespersons for directorate of agriculture and irrigation in Nangarhar, red crescent in Helmand and education directorate in Logar, 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.
