KABUL (SW): Salam Watandar’s findings have revealed that most provincial administrations are failed in updating their official websites, in some cases since years.
For instance, the official website of the provincial administrations in Daikundi, Bamyan, Khost, Paktika, Samangan, Jawzjan, Logar, Ghazni, Takhar, Balkh, Kunar, Helmand and Wardag have last been updated in the year 2015. In worst case scenario, Faryab, Badakhshan and Sar-i-Pul have last bothered to update their websites some three years ago in the year 2013.
These official websites contain information on services, utilities and general knowledge about the provinces.
Provinces like the capital Kabul, Kandahar, Heart, Paktia, Nangarhar, Ghor and Panjshir however, did show some signs of activity and updating this year. On the contrary, the websites designed for Baghlan, Laghman, Kapisa, Uruzgan, Kunduz, Zabul, Nimroz and Nooristan are faced with technical hitches and could not be opened in any browsers.
Muneera Yousufzai, spokesman for the Independent Directorate of Local Governments (IDLG), said in this regard that the problem would be resolved as soon as possible. She noted that all the local administrations would be directed to ensure access to information and create awareness through their websites.
She cited lack of technical human resources and limited budget as the main reasons behind the fact that these websites are not up to date.
Meanwhile, some provincial officials assert that this problem never existed in the past but now it has emerged since most of the high ranking officials prefer to convey their messages through social media than the official sites.
Mehmood Haqmal, spokesman for the Baghlan province and Ahmad Jawed, spokesman for the governor of Faryab, told Salam Watandar that they have shared their problems with the concerned authorities but to no avail.
With a profound commitment to address the technical hitches, Yasin Samim, spokesman for the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT), said that dedicated teams of experts have been tasked to fix these issues on daily basis.
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