Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday said that women journalists not being invited to his press conference on Friday was “more a technical issue”, reported ANI.

Muttaqi, who is on a week-long visit to India, held another press conference on Sunday, inviting women journalists this time.

“It was on short notice and a short list of journalists was decided, and the participation list that was presented was very specific,” said the Afghan minister while speaking about the row over Friday’s press conference held at the Afghan embassy. “It was more a technical issue.”

He added: “Our colleagues had decided to send an invitation to a specific list of journalists and there was no other intention apart from this.”

On Friday, several journalists said that th

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