Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s press conference at the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi on Friday was marred by controversy after women journalists were barred from attending the event.

The absence of female reporters from the Taliban minister’s press conference triggered outrage, with opposition leaders and women journalists condemning it as an act of gender discrimination. Read Also ‘More Of A Technical Issue’: Afghan FM Amir Khan Muttaqi Denies Barring Women Journalists From...

Succumbing to public pressure in India, the Taliban foreign minister later softened his stance, and invitations were sent to women journalists for his second press conference, held on Sunday.

When questioned about the exclusion of women during the first interaction, Muttaqi denied that female

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