Notwithstanding US President Barack Obama informed America on Wednesday that thousands of troops drawdown will proceed as planned and en route to an exit by 2014, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Wednesday that she will make sure diggers posted in Afghanistan will complete their mission.

That means no cut-backs on the 1500 Australian soldiers currently deployed in the Oruzgan province of the war-torn nation will occur soon as Ms Gillard vowed that "our commitment will remain in the same way."

In a Thursday report by The Australian, Ms Gillard said that NATO forces operating in Afghanistan are optimistic that by 2014 the Afghan security forces will be sufficiently prepared in handling the security matters of their country.

Obama has announced that US forces stationed in Afghanistan will be reduced by at least 10,000 later this year and another 33,000 by the third quarter of the following year while on her part, Ms Gillard declared that Australia is obliged to complete its mission in the country, which is the second biggest contributor in terms of troops involvement in the 10-year-old Afghan War.

The Australian leader assured at the same time that the impending withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan will not imperil the safety of the Aussie diggers, belying fears by families of the soldiers that they could be more exposed with insurgent attacks in light of the dwindling US presence in the country.

That assurance was affirmed by Mr Obama, who underscored in his speech that Afghanistan no longer functions as a safe-haven for al Qaeda when Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy SEALs in May.

Mr Obama added that more troops were injected by other countries operating under the NATO alliance, which he said boosted the stability of the country and further buttressed by the 100,000-strong Afghan security forces trained by the multi-national military forces.

Amidst the increasing number of casualties registered during the past months, with The Australian reporting that three Aussie soldiers were killed in May alone, Ms Gillard remains firm with her decision to honor the commitment it forged when the NATO mission in Afghanistan was commenced as she expressed confidence that the country's diggers will finally return home triumphantly by 2014.