KABUL, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A suicide car bombing on NATO forces in south Afghanistan killed four persons including the bomber and wounded five others including a soldier of the western military alliance on Monday.

    "The explosive material planted in a car blew up when a convoy of NATO troops reached Dorahi area from the Kandahar airport killing the bomber and three civilians," a witness, Ghulam Ali, told Xinhua.

An Afghan policeman keeps watch at a suicide blast site in Kabul October 16, 2006.  (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    Parts of the body of the suicide bomber were scattered around, he added.

    Five more persons including a NATO soldier were injured in the explosion, the eye-witness added.

    Meanwhile, a NATO spokesman, Euan Downie, confirmed the attack but declined to say if there were any casualties on the NATO troops.

    "There was a suicide bombing but I do not know if there were any casualties on NATO forces," he told Xinhua.

    Some 2,300 Canadian soldiers under the NATO flag have been stationed in Kandahar to help stabilize security in the troubled region.

    It is the second suicide attack in the post-Taliban Afghanistanin a single day on Monday.

    Previous suicide attack in the capital city Kabul left the attacker dead and wounded three civilians on a road connecting the U.S. Embassy to Kabul international airport. Enditem

An Afghan fireman works at a suicide blast site in Kabul October 16, 2006.  (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery >>>