The US secretary of Defence made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Sunday meeting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other officials.
Austin's visit to Afghanistan came unannounced and was followed by his visit to India.
The visit comes as the deadline of withdrawing the US military bases from Afghanistan nears.
The United States had agreed with Afghanistan's Taliban rebels to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the first of May.
President of the United States, Joe Biden recently said it will be difficult to withdraw all the US troops by the First of May.
Austin's visit to Afghanistan is said to be on the preparations of troops withdrawal.
According to the AFP, the news of the visit had been deliberately delayed and it had been told to not reveal the news until the Secretary of Defense returned from Afghanistan.
