Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday condemned the “absence” of women journalists from a press conference held by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Delhi, calling it “very unfortunate” and reflective of the Taliban’s mindset.

“It is very unfortunate. Everyone knows what kind of Taliban mindset it is. Atrocities are being committed against women in Afghanistan. I had said yesterday as well that whenever our Foreign Minister meets them, he should raise the issue of what is happening to the women there… What happened to the female journalists yesterday happened in the Afghan Embassy,” she said.

Chaturvedi urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to address the issue by raising concerns about women’s treatment in Afghanistan and to communicate to the Taliban that

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