A suicide car bomber has killed at five foreign troops and 12 Afghan civilians in an attack on a NATO convoy in the capital Kabul.
A senior police officer says five American and two Canadian troops were killed. Another source says five foreign troops died.
The Afghan interior ministry says 47 civilians were wounded.
A spokesperson for NATO-led forces confirmed a NATO convoy had been attacked but not the toll.
A spokesperson for the Taliban told Reuters it was responsible for the attack.