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The Taliban allowed female reporters to attend a follow-up press conference at the Afghan embassy in New Delhi

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi claimed women in Afghanistan are “secure and free”.

Muttaqi denied Pakistan’s allegations that Kabul shelters the TTP and emphasised peaceful relations.

Bowing to widespread criticism over its exclusion of women journalists, the Taliban sought to defuse the controversy on Sunday, with Afghanistan’s embassy in Delhi convening another news press conference where officials claimed the absence of female reporters at Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s earlier briefing was merely a “technical issue”.

Muttaqi was at ease answering a volley of questions from reporters on the treatment of women in Afghanistan . It w

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