After uproar over their exclusion from his earlier press meet held on Friday, visiting Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has called another press interaction on Sunday, this time inviting women journalists.

During his earlier media interaction on Friday evening, a day after landing in New Delhi for a week-long India visit, the Taliban leader had come under fire for discriminatory behaviour for “not allowing” women journalists, sparking massive outrage.

The Editors Guild of India and the Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) termed the act as highly discriminatory , which cannot be justified, citing diplomatic privilege under the Vienna Convention.

“While diplomatic premises may claim protection under the Vienna Convention, that cannot justify blatant gender discrimination in

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