KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bomb struck a NATO military convoy in central Kabul on Tuesday.
There were no U.S. or NATO coalition casualties, according to U.S. and Afghan officials. One Afghan civilian was killed and 22 were injured, police said.
"A four armored-vehicle convoy of foreign forces was attacked by a suicide bomber in a Toyota Corolla," Kabul police chief Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters at the scene. He said the "barbaric attack [was] carried out by the enemies of peace in this holy month of Ramadan."
Capt. Susan Harrington, a spokeswoman for NATO, confirmed the attack had taken place and that no coalition forces had been killed or injured. Soldiers from 42 countries, including the U.S., operate under NATO's Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan.
The explosion occurred at 1:20 p.m. (4:50 a.m. ET) on the main airport road.
The blast came as government employees were leaving their offices at the end of the working day, which is shorter during Ramadan. It sent a cloud of smoke over the Afghan capital.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack via Twitter.
