After exclusion, women journalists confront Afghan FM over discrimination in “inclusive” Delhi presser
By Staff writer in Media News on Monday, 13th October 2025 at 10:24pmTensions and criticisms that arose following the absence of female journalists from a press conference of the Afghanistan Foreign Minister, Malwawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, held in New Delhi on Friday, October 10, 2025, subsided following the second “inclusive” press conference held on Sunday, October 12, 2025.
Though his team clarified that the exclusion was “unintentional”, it sparked a raging controversy among the media fraternity and press freedom organisations.
According to The Hindu, the Darul Uloom Deoband, an Islamic seminary in UP, on Saturday, October 11, 2025, clarified that there were no such directives to restrict the entry of women journalists covering the Afghan minister’s visit.
"There were no restrictions from the Afghan Foreign Minister's office about who would a...
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