Australia will discuss its future commitment to Afghanistan at upcoming meetings with NATO and partner nations, Defence Minister Marise Payne says.
"We expect to be taking part in those in due course, subject to the outcome of the election," she told reporters in Canberra on Thursday.
Australia was already working extremely closely with the Afghan National Army to develop its capabilities, Senator Payne said.
About 250 Australian Defence Force personnel remain in Afghanistan, most in the capital Kabul, assisting Afghan security forces but not participating in combat operations.
Australian troops first deployed to Afghanistan in 2001, with numbers peaking at more than 1500 in mid-2009. Most withdrew at the end of 2013. A total of 41 Australian soldiers have died in Afghanistan.
With the drawdown in international troops, the Taliban has staged a resurgence with a series of attacks throughout Afghanistan, prompting calls for an increase in foreign troop numbers.
Both the government and Labor say they would consider additional support.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale said he wouldn't rule out Australia committing troops to Afghanistan as part of a UN-sanctioned mission.
"But certainly there is no case at the moment for doing that," he said at the National Press Club.
Senator Di Natale said the Greens, who've consistently opposed Australian involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, unashamedly backed a diplomacy-first response and believed Australia's involvement in foreign conflicts wasn't in the national interest.
"Now, does that mean we would never under any circumstances commit troops to a conflict? No, it doesn't," he said.
