On Thursday, Michael McCaul, the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticised the US President and Vice-President for the Taliban’s oppression of Afghan women.

McCaul stated that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris should be held accountable for complicity in the Taliban's abuses.

McCaul noted that during Donald Trump's presidency, the Doha Agreement conditioned the US withdrawal from Afghanistan on the Taliban's adherence to fundamental conditions, including respecting women's rights.

He said that the Biden administration ignored these conditions and chose to leave Afghan women in a vulnerable situation.

In a post on X on Friday, McCaul stated that the Taliban continues to impose some of the harshest restrictions on women globally and that Afghan women deserve better.