North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said three civilians were wounded in the blast, adding that there were no casualties among its troops.
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The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack immediately.
“The incident took place when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed vehicle in the Joy Shir area…of Kabul city”, the Interior Ministry said. “No casualties are reported at this time”, said spokesman Colonel Brian Tribus.
The attack happened on a road in a crowded part of central Kabul and damaged nearby shops, several passing cars and at least one armored vehicle in the convoy.
The statement from the Resolute Support Mission did not give the nationalities of those killed and injured, all of them North Atlantic Treaty Organisation personnel.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement emailed to media that their suicide bomber had targeted a convoy of foreigners.
British combat troops pulled out of Afghanistan a year ago after a conflict that lasted 13 years and in which 454 United Kingdom troops lost their lives.
A military helicopter crashed in a non-hostile incident Sunday at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation base in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing five coalition members and injuring five others, authorities said. He was not able to confirm whether there had been foreign casualties.
The Taliban stormed Kunduz earlier this month, holding it for three days before withdrawing – although pockets of insurgents have remained.
The Pentagon announced Saturday it would make compensation payments to those killed and injured in the strike.
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Taliban forces overtook the northern city of Kunduz in late September, in what was seen as a signficant blow to Western-trained soldiers fighting under President Ashraf Ghani.
