The attack happened in Muhammad Agha district of Logar province and an AFP reporter in the area said the blast could be heard several kilometres (miles) away. Logar deputy police chief Mohammad Abed told AFP: "The suicide attacker wanted to ram his explosive-laden vehicle into the coalition forces base but he was stopped at the gate and detonated the truck outside the base. "Initial reports we have show that three police and two NDS (Afghan intelligence) personnel have been injured and some houses destroyed as the explosion was huge." The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to reporters. A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan did not immediately have any information on the attack.