7 dead in suicide attack in Afghanistan

The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack The nationalities of the NATO service members were not immediately available The bomber rode an explosives-packed motorcycle, an Afghan official says Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday killed 12 people, including three NATO service members and four Afghan police, and wounded around 50 others, a spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry said. The bomber targeted a joint patrol of ISAF forces and Afghan police, using an explosives-packed motorcycle, according to Sediq Seddiqi, a spokesman for the ministry. NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed the attack, saying three ISAF service members and their interpreter died in a bombing in eastern Afghanistan Monday. Their nationalities of the ISAF forces were not immediately available. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack, saying a suicide bomber had killed eight foreign forces and six Afghan security forces. The Taliban regularly reports higher casualty figures than either NATO or the Afghan government. CNN's Esprit Smith contributed to this report.