I don't really know how to put this. Firstly, I don't think there's any doubting the sincerity of individual citizens of the "developed world" when they express concern about the rights and safety of people overseas. But the sincerity doesn't do very much.
The position occupied by Afghan women in the ideology around the War on Terror has been similar to that occupied by WMDs with reference to Iraq. It's been about using sincere concern to secure public consent for a war and an occupation that were already decided, but that were doubtfully popular after a while.
"Political Islam" in Wahhabist form was promoted by the US and its allies in full knowledge of its misogyny. Part of that was supporting, arming and practically creating the former contras of the Taliban who will form the new regime, 40 years later.
If some of the last 20 years were about trying to roll back the consequences of that intrigue for Afghan women, then the effort has failed badly. Women (and collaborators, and Hazara and other minorities) are under threat from the new regime that will emerge in Afghanistan. That's the outcome of many causes, leading among them is US imperialism.
There has been no feminist emancipation of western foreign policy.
