India, Oct. 11 -- Afghan Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen on Saturday defended the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference addressed by Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi, describing it as "unintentional" and not a policy decision.

"There is no discriminatory policy against women. The number of passes was limited; some received them, some did not. It was a technical matter and should not be viewed as a policy issue," Shaheen told News18 India.

He claimed Muttaqi often meets female journalists in his office in Kabul.

Muttaqi meets women in his office in Kabul regularly. I myself do interviews with female journalists," Shaheen toldNews18 India.

Women journalists and a section of opposition ...