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This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
Prim; M¢5sag¢(s) ' Approved for Release: 2018/Q9/04 C06708887 page |g of49 1- .. UNCLASSIFIED//F689; . w t T kw‘ “ - \ I http://www.tcY¢ H s.can/mnfafghanistar/?C?G4—%1—insurgQn:s—ki1lod- 34- u - '~ l ‘J . villages—cl . ' ’ ' eared—in—nangarhar Return to Table of Contentsy 1 - y JJSN members to observe govt role to facilitate media —'Pajhwok Afghan News . A ~» _ _ .- ‘ By Hassan Khitab 15 August 2015 , . Kabul -— A number of journalist organizations_on Saturday ' introduced . ' V ~ members of Journalist Justice and Safety Network (JJSN) to oversee government commitment in connection with freedom of expression and media support in the country. . President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah_Abdullah during their election campaign had pledged to ensure freedom of expression and support media. Both leaders had signed a 12 articles resolution prepared by different committees of media outlets and JJSN regarding freedom of media. ' » J _ The JJSN network was structured one year ago; but the leaders of unity government did not materialize their pledges. Fahim Dashti, executive director of the Afghanistan National Journalist Union (ANJU), said promotion of journalism and facilities i-- 1 . to journalists was one of the 12 articles pledge by the unity government. ' ' _ ' He said access to information law had been approved and endorsed by the Wolesi Jirga and president. The process of introducing A . amendment ‘ -Y - into the law was underway in coordination with the Ministry of Information and Cultural Affairs- , ’ According to Dashti, the purpose behind introduction of the JJSN was _ . - ~. to observe implementation of government promises in line with media ‘ ' UNCLASSlFIED77FOH'9\ n - i - Q ' ' '1 -H 8/23/2017 Approved for Release: 201,8/09/04 C06708887 '
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 49 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.