The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) organized meetings with spokespersons and media officers of local administration in Herat, Balkh, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Logar, Panjshir, Helmand, Uruzgan, Paktia, Nimroz, Kapisa and Kunar provinces to facilitate journalists and media outlets’ timely access to credible information.
AJSC’s zone coordinators for eastern, northern, southern and western zones, AJSC’s provincial focal points, spokesperson for the ministry of interior affaris, spokespersons for the governor’s office in Logar, Panjshir, Helmand, Paktia, Nimroz and Kapisa, media officers of GDI in Kapisa and Kunar, spokespersons for police command of Kapisa, Uruzgan and Logar, media officers and spokespersons for directorate of agriculture and irrigation in Paktia, Breshna regional office in Nangarhar and red crescent in Kandahar, 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.
