SIBIRGAN - Most of the staff working for ''Ayna TV'' (Mirror TV), the first local TV channel in Afghanistan, had been trained in Turkey, it was learned.
The ''Ayna TV'' started broadcast in northern Afghanistan. 80 percent of 120 Ayna TV staff were educated in Turkey.
Enver Sadat, educated in Istanbul University's Faculty of Communications, assumed the post of the General Director of the TV channel.
Sadat said they broadcast in Uzbek, Pushto and the Persian languages stating that they also broadcast in Turkmen language once a week.
He indicated they work with a crowded team because of difficulties in communication and transportation.
Telecommunications has a special importance in Afghanistan to get rid of the illiteracy.
Satellite dishes are popular in the country where GSM operators just started working.
Efforts are also underway to overcome Afghanistan's underdeveloped structure.
(AY-ULG) 06.08.2004