Afghanistan’s Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a press meet in Delhi on Sunday, and this time the Afghan officials invited women journalists after backlash over their absence in the previous briefing at Afghan embassy. Addressing the issue on Sunday, Muttaqi said the exclusion of women journalists from the last presser was more a “technical issue”.

“With regards to the press conference, it was on short notice and a short list of journalists was decided, and the participation list that was presented was very specific. It was more a technical issue… Our colleagues had decided to send an invitation to a specific list of journalists and there was no other intention apart from this,” he said.

The minister is on a 6-day visit to India and discussed various issues of mutual coo

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