In a press hall in Delhi on Sunday, women journalists finally got the chance to ask questions to Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. The event was not just another routine press briefing. It was a moment that shone a glaring spotlight on women’s voices and rights, a space the Taliban had previously tried to silence.

The stir began earlier this week , when Muttaqi held a press conference in Delhi without inviting any women journalists. The move sparked immediate outrage. Opposition leaders called it “unacceptable” and “an insult to women”.

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Press organizations across India condemned the exclusion. The Ministry of External Affairs clarified that it was not involved in arranging the press briefing.

On Sunday, Muttaqi faced pointed questions about the absence of

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