A suicide car bomber struck outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday and killed at least 14 people and wounded 38 in the second attack in two days in the Afghani capital.

A suicide car bomber struck outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday and killed at least 14 people and wounded 38 in the second attack in two days in the Afghani capital, Kabul officials said.

All those injured or killed in the powerful explosion outside the Supreme Court and near the US embassy were civilians and included women and children, General Mohammad Zahir, head of Kabul criminal investigations, said.

"Most of the casualties are Supreme Court employees."

Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai stated that Tuesday's attack was carried out by a bomber in an SUV. He said the attacker specifically targeted buses with court employees as they were leaving after the day's work.

The courthouse is on a main road in central Kabul 200 meters far from the U.S. Embassy.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attack.

Tuesday's blast was the deadliest in Kabul since May 16 when a suicide car bomb struck a foreign military convoy, killing 15 people including five Americans.