KABUL, Afghanistan — A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near ISAF Headquarters, Kabul, Afghanistan, around 8:30 a.m. today.
Afghan and international security force partners are assessing casualties and damage. Reports indicate that there were several civilians killed, a number of civilians wounded. There were injuries to several ISAF service members; no ISAF personnel were killed in the blast.
Initial reports indicate a lone suicide bomber also died in the blast.
"The insurgents prove once again that they use indiscriminate violence that kills or injures scores of innocent Afghan civilians," said Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, ISAF Spokesman.
Afghan emergency medical personnel arrived quickly on the scene and supported ISAF medical staff to treat a number of local civilian and Afghan military injuries and several injuries to ISAF personnel.
"The Afghan government and ISAF remain vigilant and determined to bring peace to the Afghan people," said Tremblay.