The Opposition is up in arms over women not getting space in the press conference addressed by Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi on Friday. Social media has been bursting with angry posts over women being excluded from the event.

Earlier in the day, Muttaqi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi .

Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi said no women journalists were invited for the presser because of Taliban beliefs. She also pointed out the The Bamiyan Buddhas, which were destroyed by the Taliban, were in the the backdrop at the presser.

“The messaging of the ‘Emirates of Afghanistan’ as recognised as of yesterday by the Indian government. Truly ironic,” she posted.

In a separate post, she addded: “I total

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