Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, during a press conference in Nový Dilli October 10, 2025 | Photo Credit: Neither
No female journalists at a press conference of Foreign Minister Afghanistan in Delhi
The press conference addressed by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi recorded the participation limited to a handful of reporters, while women were a striking absence.
Mr. Muttaqi organized an interaction on the Afghan embassy in Nový Delhi, and hours after he conducted extensive interviews with the Minister of the External Affairs S. Jaishankar.
He learns that the decision to invite journalists to interact with the media has taken Taliban officials accompanying the Foreign Minister.
People who are familiar with matter said that the Indian party proposed the Afghan party that journalists should be part of the invited event.
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The opposition slams the government
The opposition on Saturday (October 11) described the absence of female journalists as “unacceptable” and “insult to women” and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify his position in this matter.
In the paper on X, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said, “Mr. Modi, if you allow the exclusion of female journalists from the public forum, you tell every woman in India that you are too weak to stand up for them.” “In our country, women have the right to participate in every space. Your silence in the face of such discrimination exposes the emptiness of your slogans to Nari Shakti,” said opposition leader at Lok Sabha.
The General of the Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Congress said that if the recognition of the rights of the Prime Minister’s women is not just a comfortable posture from one election to another, as this “insult to some of the most conventional women in India” was allowed in our country.
Congress said it was shocking and unacceptable that the Indian government agreed to the “ban on female journalists” in Presser in Delhi.
In the X, General Secretary of the In-Chage Communications Congress, Jairam Ramesh, he said: “Tali for female journalists in India. Shocking and unacceptable that the Indian government agreed to do that in Nový Delhi on the eve of International Day.”
The Taliban regime in Kabul faced serious criticism from different countries and global authorities, such as the UN for restricting women’s rights in Afghanistan.
Mr. Muttaqi has postponed a direct question about the situation of women in Afghanistan, but stated that each country has its own customs, laws and principles and should be respectful.
He claimed that the overall situation in the country had improved significantly since the Taliban in August 2021 came to power.
Mr. Muttaqi pointed out that about 200 to 400 people died every day in Afghanistan before the Taliban began to rule the country.
“There were no such losses at these four years. The laws are valid and everyone has their rights. Those who are involved in propaganda make a mistake,” he said.
“Every country has its own customs, laws and principles and works according to them. Isn’t it right that people do not have their rights. If people were not satisfied with the system and laws, why did peace return?” said.
Published – October 11, 2025 09:28
