At least five civilians were killed in Afghanistan on Friday as a suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the strategic province of Kabisa.

At least five civilians were killed in Afghanistan on Friday as a suicide bomber attacked a NATO convoy in the strategic province of Kabisa.

The explosion destroyed the wall of a house, killing four civilians inside, while a passerby on a motorcycle also died and 15 people were wounded, said the provincial police chief of security, Abdul Jalil Shamal.

No occupation troops were killed or injured in the attack in a village in Tagab district in the province, northeast of the capital Kabul, a spokesman for NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force told AFP.

A spokesman for Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a text message to AFP that 12 US occupation troops had been killed and wounded.