Suhail Sahaheen, Afghan Taliban spokesperson, on Saturday, i.e., October 11, issued a clarification over the exclusion of female journalists from Taliban leader and the nation's foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's presser in New Delhi. Asserting there was "no discrimination" against women, he said "the number of passes was limited".

"There is no discriminatory policy against women. The number of passes was limited; some received them, some did not. It was a technical matter and should not be viewed as a policy issue,", Shaheen told CNN-News 18. Shaheen is currently in the Afghan capital, Kabul. He asserted that he would raise this matter with Foreign Minister Muttaqi personally.

During the conversation with the outlet, he affirmed that Muttaqi meets female journalists in his office

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