12 Afghan govt spokespersons in India

[pakdefender]

New Delhi, Apr 24 (PTI) For the first time, 12 spokespersons of the Afghan government including some from the key ministries and departments such as intelligence agency and Borders and Tribal Affairs are on a week-long visit to the country on a familiarisation trip.

The spokespersons, who are visiting Mumbai, Ajmer and Delhi, include two women members Rana Galia Nooristani and Lailema Abbasi from Ministry of Borders & Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development respectively.

Other spokespersons and deputy spokespersons who are part of the group, invited by the Ministry of External Affairs, include those from National Directorate of Security (NDS) -- Afghan Intelligence Agency -- Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Mines, Counter Narcotic and Communication and also from Afghan President Secretariat.

The aim of the visit is to provide these spokespersons with better understanding of the Indian democracy and functioning of the ministries and institutions. [ the real aim is supporting terrorism in Pakistan's western border , they are most certainly not there for R&R ]

They will leave for their country on April 27.

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[53fd]

Very interesting.

 

[DelhiDareDevil]

Good move for prosperity within the region.

 

[StingRoy]

@OP ... Thanks for the effort of exercising your brain to come up with the highlighted conclusion. Shows how narrow minded people can really be.

OTOH... I hope they pick the right cues from our democratic model and modify as it suits to meet the needs of the Afghan people.

 

[EjazR]

Press Information Bureau English Releases:India and Afghanistan Sign MoU on Capacity Building in the Information & Broadcasting Sectors MoU Signed between Smt. Ambika Soni and Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

In a major initiative to boost cooperation in critical sectors of Information & Broadcasting, India and Afghanistan today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for capacity building. The MoU was signed between Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni and Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, Minister of Information & Culture, Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Soni said this initiative would provide a platform for development of media policies and strategies between the two countries. It would also enable the Government of Afghanistan to incorporate learnings of key policy initiatives taken by the Information & Broadcasting Ministry related to digitalization, self regulation, content management, innovative programming with regard to outreach programmes at the grass roots. During the discussions, the Minister gave an overview of the recent policy changes brought about in the Broadcasting Sector which enabled the growth of the media and entertainment industry in the last few years. Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, Minister of Information & Culture, Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in his remarks stated that the MoU would enable the Government in Afghanistan to draw a roadmap for media policies and strategies in the future.

The MoU signed between the two countries covers a wide range of issues. Prominent being policy and strategy development, project management, financial management and procurement processes. The focus of the MoU is on capacity development covering critical areas which are as follows:

· Development of media policies and strategies.
· Development of independent and free press in Afghanistan.
· Identification of areas of reforms and restructuring in the field of press and media and implementation thereof.
· Development and standardization of media related programmes, graphic designing, production of documentaries and films and other related areas.
· Production and broadcasting activities of Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) including content management.
· Marketing of TV and Radio programmes for revenue generation.

Another key aspect of the MoU relates to the provision of Advisory services for supporting policy and strategy development and system improvement in Afghanistan. This would entail training of Afghan Civil Servants at relevant institutes in India and exposure visits. It would also entail on-job practical training and assisting and establishing training institutes in Afghanistan. As part of the MoU it is also envisaged to exchange publications and research material for capacity development in technical areas.

The MoU has been signed in the backdrop of a range of activities conducted in Afghanistan in critical areas of Information & Broadcasting by the Ministry. These include: Training by Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) to various Afghan Journalists. Annually IIMC is training several Afghan journalists sent by the Indian Embassy Kabul. India in the recent past has helped build the full fledged Radio And Television Afghanistan (RTA) Stations at Jalalabad Afghanistan. As part of the capacity building technical process, India is also providing satellite uplinking facilities for the state owned television RTA. BECIL representatives in Afghanistan have earlier helped on various projects to RTA. A process has also been initiated to facilitate the flow of films from India into Afghanistan.

 

[somebozo]

Afghanistan is fast growing into a suspicious country.

 

[Roybot]

[ the real aim is supporting terrorism in Pakistan's western border , they are most certainly not there for R&R ]

They will leave for their country on April 27.

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Thanks for you expert input mate.

 

[Prometheus]

April 27 ??????

Are they going to live for a year???

 

[nForce]

we want the minister for Education to come here.....