Blast targets NATO convoy in Kabul, wounding bystander

At least one civilian was wounded after a bomb attack targeted a NATO-led forces' convoy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, sources said.

"An improvised explosive device attached to a bicycle was detonated when the military vehicles were passing by Qabil Bay, an area along Pule-e-Charkhi road in eastern Kabul, injuring one bystander," a security official told Xinhua anonymously.

No member of the convoy was hurt in the explosion which occurred at around 9:00 a.m. local time (0430 GMT), the source noted.

Unofficial source said one foreign soldier was also wounded in the blast.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but Taliban insurgents routinely claim responsibility for such attacks.

The Taliban has intensified attacks with a string of bombings over the past couple of months as the NATO and U.S. forces are withdrawing from the country. The war-torn country is due to take over the responsibility for its own security from NATO-led troops by the end of year.

On Sunday night, more than 45 civilians were killed and 60 others wounded after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a sport ground in eastern Paktika province.

More than 1,560 civilians were killed and nearly 3,290 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led attacks in the first six months of 2014, according to a UN mission in the country.

In another development, eight militants were killed and three others wounded after security forces repelled a Taliban attack on security checkpoints in Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province on Sunday night, provincial police spokesman Farid Ahmad Obid told Xinhua.

More than 34,000 NATO-led coalition troops, down from the peak of 130,000 in 2010, are stationed in Afghanistan. Nearly 24,000 of them are Americans and the United States plans to trim its forces to less than 10,000 next year.