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Investigating Journalists' Lack of Access to Information From Afghan Government Agencies

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The right to access information is one of the major challenges in developing countries, including Afghanistan. In such systems, governments prevent citizens from accessing information for a variety of reasons, including the confidentiality of information and the protection of national interests and national security or the protection of privacy. Unfortunately, in Afghanistan, due to the weak rule of law, the foundations of the legitimacy of the system are not strong and solid, corruption, selfishness and ethnicity are rampant in the administration, etc. Therefore, the implementation of the law on access to information with serious challenges and obstacles. Encounters. This article will try to identify the reasons for people not having access to information and also clarify why institutions are not willing to respond and do not share information with the media despite the passage of the law on the right to access information and what will be the solution.

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