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Following widespread outrage over the exclusion of women journalists from his earlier media interaction, visiting Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi called another press conference in New Delhi on Sunday, October 12, this time extending invitations to women reporters as well.

Muttaqi, who arrived in India on October 9 for a week-long visit, faced severe criticism after photographs from his first press interaction on Friday, October 10, showed an all-male gathering. The images of a men-only briefing sparked condemnation from journalists, women’s rights groups, and opposition leaders across India.

The Editors Guild of India and the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) termed the incident “highly discriminatory,” assertin

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