Following strong criticism of the Taliban’s misogynistic conduct in New Delhi, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the group’s foreign minister, was compelled on Sunday (October 12) to hold a new press conference at the Afghan Embassy with the presence of female journalists.

Roya Sadat, a prominent Afghan filmmaker, has won a prestigious award at the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA Toronto) for her latest film Sima’s Song.

Richard Lindsay, the United Kingdom’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, has announced that he, along with Harriet Harman, the UK’s Special Envoy for Women and Girls, met with a number of Afghan women leaders and activists in London.

Indian media outlets have reported that during a press conference held by Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s Foreign Minister, in New Delhi, female journalists were not allowed to attend; an action that has sparked outrage and condemnation among Indian journalists and politicians.