New Delhi: The Indian government came out with a clarification saying it had “no role” in the press briefing of the Afghanistan foreign minister, after facing a barrage of criticism over exclusion of women journalists from Friday’s event.

Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Manoj Kumar Jha, came out in support of the women journalists, who slammed both the Modi government and their male colleagues for “submitting their spine”.

The above-mentioned press conference was held Friday in the Afghanistan Embassy, where only a handful of reporters attended the briefing addressed by visiting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi. Show Full Article

According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the invitations were sent to select journalists by the Afghanist

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