KABUL, Nov. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The suicide explosion which shocked the Afghan capital Monday afternoon claimed the lives of two including a soldier of NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force and injured seven others, an official confirmed.

    "Seven persons including two soldiers of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force), two Afghan police and three civilians were injured in today's explosion that occurred at 3 p.m.," Interior Ministry spokesman Yusuf Stanikzai told Xinhua.

    Two of the injured Afghan police were stationed at the UN office nearby, he added.

    The bloody attack took place in Pul-e-Charkhi area some 8 km east of the city center.

    Meantime, a spokesperson of ISAF Annie Jackson confirmed the dead of one soldier of the multinational troops by saying "I can confirm one soldier has been killed and two others have been injured."

    However the spokesperson declined to identify their nationality.

    On the other hand, local police at the site of the explosion have identified the victims as German nationals.

    A policeman who helped remove the wounded soldiers at the site said that he saw the bodies of the suicide attacker and a German unit soldier lying on the road.

    No one has claimed responsibility and the police and ISAF forces who cordoned off the area put the attack on the enemies of peace, a reference to Taliban militants.

    The bloody explosion took place amid the reported infiltration of suicide attackers in major Afghan cities and appointment of two Arab commanders by al-Qaida network to led militancy in the post-Taliban nation.

    Remnants of the radical movement who were driven out from power by US-led invasion in late 2001 have vowed to continue Jihad or holy war till the ouster of Karzai-led government and eviction of US-dominated troops from Afghanistan.

    Taliban-led militancy has claimed the live of over 1,500 people with majority of them Taliban fighters and some 70 US soldiers since the beginning of this year. Enditem