Reacting to no women journalists being invited to Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's press conference, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said, "Girls aren't allowed to wear Hijab in India but people aren't talking about that." On Khan's visit to India, he added, "Afghanistan is...strategic region for India...If Chabahar port is started, we can do lot of developmental work in Afghanistan."