After Saturday's outrage over the exclusion of women journalists at a press conference by Taliban Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, a second press meet was called on Sunday. This time, there was a clear presence of women at the Afghan embassy.

A day after the Taliban leader landed in New Delhi, he came under scrutiny for a press meet he held right after meeting with his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar.

Women journalists at Muttaqi's 2nd presser in Delhi pic.twitter.com/RZ8nhKAlac — Sidhant Sibal (@sidhant) October 12, 2025

It was clear that women journalists were prohibited from entering the meeting on Saturday. Invitations for the briefing were given to around 17 media outlets, all of them represented by male journalists. Women journalists had to wait outside the gates of the em

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