Afghan policemen work at the site of a suicide attack in front of the German embassy in Kabul.
Five U.S. forces were wounded in the blast, three of them seriously, said Lieutenant Colonel Chris Kubik, a spokesman for the U.S. military. Several embassy staff were also wounded and the explosion caused damage to the embassy compound, the German Foreign Ministry said.
The blast occurred in the Afghan capital around 9:30 a.m. (midnight ET) in an area near a military base as well as the German embassy, an Interior Ministry official said. Afghan security officials had been in the area stopping and checking every car before the bomb went off, CNN's Atia Abawi reported.
A fuel tanker was burned in the explosion, the force of which could be felt blocks away. It was unclear who was targeted in the attack.
# Seven civilians killed after bomb explodes near German embassy in Kabul
# Five U.S. forces were wounded in the blast, three of them seriously
# Several embassy staff wounded; blast caused damage to embassy compound
