The Australian defense minister Stephen Smith met President Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Monday, pledging $100 million in annual aid to Afghanistan beyond 2014, Karzai's office said.
"President Hamid Karzai met Mr Stephen Smith, the Australian Defence Minister last night at the president place and discussed over the co-operation between the two countries after 2014, security transition and peace process," it said in a statement Tuesday.
According to the presidential office, Smith told Karzai that the security transition from Australian troops to local security forces "is continuing successfully" in Uruzgan province.
"We will withdraw our troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2013. But we will continue the training of the Afghan security forces," Smith was quoted as saying.
Smith pledged $100 million annually to the Afghan National Security Forces after 2014 when they will take responsibility for Afghanistan's total security.
Australia has around 1,094 soldiers in Afghanistan, most of whom are based in southern Uruzgan province. Thirty-nine of its soldiers have died in the Afghan war since the start of the Isaf mission.