Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday sought to downplay the absence of women journalists at his earlier press interaction in New Delhi, attributing it to a “technical issue” rather than deliberate exclusion. He also claimed that there was "no education ban on women" in Kabul.

Speaking at the Embassy of Afghanistan here, Muttaqi said, “The press conference was held at a short notice and invitations were sent to a specific list of journalists. It was purely a technical issue and not intentional. There were no other problems.”

The Taliban minister, who arrived in India last week for meetings with senior Indian officials, also asserted that women continued to study in large numbers in Afghanistan. "At this very moment, we have 10 million students attending schools and o

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