After the closure of secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan, the US canceled planned talks with the Islamist Taliban in Doha.
"We have canceled some of our commitments, most notably scheduled meetings in Doha," a US State Department spokesman said in Washington on Friday.
"And we have made it clear that we see this decision as a potential turning point in our commitments," he added.
The talks were originally scheduled to take place on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, which is taking place in the Qatari capital over the weekend.
The Islamists reversed this decision shortly after the official reopening of secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Thousands of schoolgirls were sent home after a few hours on their first day of classes since August.
Women's right to education is one of the main conditions of the international community for aid to the unrecognized Taliban government.
When the Islamists took power in August last year, they officially closed all schools because of the corona pandemic.
Two months later, only boys and a few younger girls were allowed to resume classes.