Kabul  - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed vehicle near a convoy of foreign forces in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday afternoon, killing two civilians and wounding 14 others, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The attack, which took place in Qala Kashif, an area in the western outskirts of Kabul, caused no casualties among the foreign military personnel, Zemarai Bashary, spokesman for the Interior Ministry said.

"Unfortunately so far our information says that two of our innocent people were killed and 14 other civilians were wounded," Bashary said, adding that several children were among the wounded as the blast occurred near a school in the area.

A NATO spokesman in Kabul said they were looking into the incident.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, but insurgents with the Islamic extremist Taliban have carried out hundreds of such attacks in the past. dpa