Danish did not specify whether there were casualties among the foreign forces but an interior ministry statement said three civilians had been wounded.
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The Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack.
Casualties were actually informed inside of the growth, which often rocked focal Kabul selling for about nine:15 a.m. nearby time frame, the very source said.
The explosion targeted the convoy of mainly foreign troops blowing apart neighbouring cars and damaging buildings.
Ghani’s deputy spokesperson said Kabul has never slammed the doors shut on talks with the Taliban.
A North Atlantic Treaty Organisation spokesman in Kabul confirmed that its convoy came under attack, but said the worldwide coalition was still gathering more information. The blast sent the armored vehicle slamming into the sidewalk, its front end badly damaged, according to Global Post. While government forces have since recaptured most of the strategically important city, the Taliban has since gained territory in the neighboring provinces of Takhar, Baghlan and Badakhshan. They seized the provincial capital for three days, which was a blow to the Western-trained Afghan forces.
A resurgent Taliban is constantly at loggerheads with the democratically elected government of President Ashraf Ghani.
President Barack Obama has apologised over the strike, with three different investigations – led by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, USA forces and Afghan officials – now under way.
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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.
