Centre reacts on ‘no women journalists’ in Afghan FM Presser; Want to know more…

Sources tell that the decision to invite select jounalist was made by Taliban officials accompanying Finance Minister Muttaqi.

New Delhi: The Centre had on Saturday said that it had 'no role to play' in the press conference by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi here in New Delhi on Friday where Women journalists were not allowed.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) asserted that only select journalists were invited from Afghanistan Consul General for the event in the Embassy. The Afghan Embassy complex does not come under the jurisdiction of the Indian Government.

Sources tell that the decision to invite select jounalist was made by Taliban officials accompanying Finance Minister Muttaqi.

Oppn Fumes: Target Centre

LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over 'no women journalist allowed' in Afghan FM Press Conference.

Rahul Gandhi took to X and questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” on the same. He wrote, 'Mr Modi, when you allow the exclusion of women journalists from a public forum, you are telling every woman in India that you are too weak to stand up for them.'

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