KABUL - A suicide car bomb rocked in capital Kabul on Monday killed one civilian and injured 13 others, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.

"One innocent civilian was martyred and 13 others sustained injuries," Rahimi told reporters at the site of the blast.

The bloody bombing occurred at 8:00 a.m. local time (0330 GMT) in Hawa Shinasi locality south of Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Several vehicles and buildings around the blast site were also damaged.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a self-proclaimed spokesman of the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying 10 foreign soldiers were killed in the suicide bombing.

However, eyewitnesses and officials have rejected the Taliban claim as groundless, saying no foreign trooper was at the site of the blast and all the victims were civilians.  (Xinhua)