The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said that it was not involved in the press conference held by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi on Friday in which women reporters were not invited , ANI reported.

“MEA had no involvement in the press interaction held yesterday by the Afghan FM in Delhi,” the news agency quoted the ministry as having said in a statement.

Several journalists on Friday said that women reporters were not invited to the press conference and added that this decision was “unacceptable”.

Muttaqi had met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday morning and held the press conference at the Afghan embassy in the evening to share details about his trip to India – the highest bilateral contact between New Delhi and the Taliban since

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