Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has described the exclusion of women journalists from his Friday press conference in New Delhi as “more a technical issue and no other problems,” amid ongoing criticism over the incident.

The Taliban leader, who is on a week-long visit to India, faced backlash after his initial press meet reportedly barred women journalists, prompting outrage from media bodies, political leaders, and civil society. Against the backdrop of this criticism, women journalists were invited to a second media interaction with him on Sunday.

The Editors Guild of India and the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) called Friday’s exclusion discriminatory and unjustifiable, rejecting the use of diplomatic privileges under the Vienna Convention to defend it.

“While diplom

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