KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) — Six NATO soldiers were killed and several wounded when a car bomb exploded near an ISAF convoy and civilian vehicles travelling on Darulaman Road in Kabul on Tuesday morning, NATO-led ISAF said.

Numerous Afghan civilians were also killed and injured in the indiscriminate attack, ISAF added.

“I strongly condemn the suicide attack today in Kabul, which has led to the death of Afghan civilians and ISAF soldiers, and injuries to many more Afghans,” said Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s Secretary General.

“I express my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this suicide attack, and I wish a full recovery to the injured. NATO remains committed to its mission to protect the Afghan people and to strengthen Afghanistan’s ability to resist terrorism,” Rasmussen added.

“This sort of desperate brutality and aggression reminds us of the pessimism of an enemy who seek to kill the innocent and to stop the progress necessary for a better Afghanistan,” said Brig. Gen. Josef Blotz, ISAF Spokesperson.

The explosion additionally damaged five ISAF vehicles and more than a dozen civilian vehicles.