Deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel's Blunt Statement Regarding protection of Journalists

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00:00A few days ago another Pakistani journalist, Hassan Zaib, was killed in Pakistan.

00:26Overall in 2024, eight Pakistani journalists have been killed in the broad daylight and these

00:32killings highlighting the growing threats to be a workers in Pakistan. Any comments, any comments?

00:37Journalists need to be protected and they need to be allowed to do their jobs, whether that be

00:42the United States, whether that be Pakistan, whether that be in the Gaza Strip. That is

00:47something that we feel strongly and it's something that is deeply personal to the Secretary. It's

00:53obviously personal to us and this team having spending most of our days engaging with you all,

00:59but simply put journalists need to be protected and need to be able to do their job. Afghan

01:05allies and partners who may be eligible for relocation to the United States through the

01:10various sort of pathways that may exist, whether it be SIVs or others, we continue to focus on

01:18doing everything we can to process those applicants as swiftly as possible. We of

01:22course appreciate the partnership of certain host countries, in this case of Pakistan,

01:28and we'll continue to do everything we can to process those quickly and efficiently.