KABUL, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bombing targeted a convoy of the U.S.-led coalition forces in Logar province of central Afghanistan on Tuesday, a coalition spokesman told Xinhua.

    "As we know at this time, there were no other casualties except the bomber was killed," the spokesman said.

    Meanwhile, a local senior police officer Abdul Mujeed Latifi said the blast occurred in Charkh district at around 2:30 p.m. (1000 GMT), adding only the attacker was killed.

    The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

    About 13,000 coalition troops are operating in this country to hunt down militants and keep security.

    Due to rising Taliban insurgency, over 2,600 persons, most of whom were Taliban militants, have been killed in Afghanistan this year.