CANBERRA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Two Australian federal government ministers failed to get an exit strategy from Afghanistan when they met U.S. cabinet secretaries in Washington, the federal opposition said on Saturday.

    "It was an ideal opportunity, with Smith and Fitzgibbon (Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon) meeting the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, yet we're none the wiser to any extent about an increased commitment the U.S. is expecting of Australia," Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop told reporters.

    Bishop said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had campaigned on an exit strategy from Iraq, and needed to do the same with Afghanistan.

    Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon met with their U.S. counterparts, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, on Friday in Washington as part of the Australia-U.S. Ministerial (AUSMIN) talks.

    This week Australia would not commit more troops to Afghanistan unless the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) increased its commitment and the U.S. outlined a new strategy to fight the Taliban insurgents, Fitzgibbon said in a statement last week.