"How were women allowed to be offended ..." Ruckus about no entry of women journalists in the Afghan pastor's computer, the opposition took the center to the task

Controversion broke out over the ban on women’s journalists at the press conference held in Delhi by Foreign Minister Aamir Khan Muttaqi, in Afghanistan. Congress -LP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked Prime Minister Modi: “How can some of the most capable women of our country be offended in India, when women are the backbone and pride of the country?” As the controversy escalates, the India’s Foreign Ministry (MEA) said that it had no role in the Afghan Foreign Minister’s press conference, and that journalists were invited on his behalf. This press conference was held at the Afghan embassy. The Foreign Ministry said that when the Afghan minister visited Delhi, the Afghan Consul General in Mumbai sent invitations to selected journalists on October 10. The Afghan embassy does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Government of India. Afghan Foreign Minister is on a visit to India from October 9 to 16. Acting Foreign Minister Afghanistan Aamir Muttaki is on a visit to India from October 9. He met the Indian Foreign Minister S. in Delhi on Friday. Had bilateral conversations with Jaishankar. After the meeting, there was no joint press conference between the two ministers. The Afghan minister spoke to the media at the Afghan embassy alone. Only selected male journalists and Afghan embassy officials attended the press conference. There were no female journalists at the press conference. Several female journalists claimed on social media that they were denied access. According to media reports, Taliban officials who accompanied Muttaqi decided who would attend the press conference. It is currently unclear whether the Taliban has informed India in advance that they would not invite female journalists. The Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. Since the arrival of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, a number of restrictions on women have been introduced, including banning girls who go to school, speak in public, show their faces and participate in sports. Rahul Gandhi, MP of the Congress and leader of the Opposition: Prime Minister Modi, if you allow women’s journalists to be held outside public forums, you tell every woman in India that you (the prime minister) are too weak and cannot stand up for them. Your silence on such discrimination exposes the holiness of your slogans over the empowerment of women. P. Chidambaram, former Minister of Home Affairs and Leader of Congress: I am surprised that female journalists were not included at Afghanistan’s Amir Khan Muttaqi press conference. I think when male journalists realized that their female colleagues were not invited, they had to be gone. Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress (TMC) LP: An Indian Muslim cannot offer Namaz on its roof or express love for the prophet, but a foreign Muslim fundamentalist can discriminate against our women on our land in the name of his ‘faith’, controversial our laws and can violate values. Just think. Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is listed by the United Nations Security Council as a banned terrorist. He had to take special permission to come to India. Apart from Russia, no country including India has recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan. What change will arise from the visit of Afghan Minister to India? How will this visit be beneficial to India?