A suicide bomber targeted a joint patrol of the Afghan and foreign forces in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan this afternoon.

According to local security officials in Bagram district, the incident took place in Bajori area of Bagram after a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle detonated his explosives near the joint patrol of Afghan and foreign forces.

District administrative chief for Bagram, Abdul Shakoor Qudoosi, confirmed at least five people apparently service members of the coalition forces were killed and six others including three Afghan policemen were wounded.

The NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission confirmed six service members of the alliance died as a result of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in Bagram on December 21 at approximately 1:30 pm and three others were wounded.

The Taliban militants group claimed responsibility behind the incident.

Parwan is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militants are actively operating in a number of its remote districts.

This comes as a service member of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission was killed in an attack by militants in the vicinity of Bagram airfield late in the month of September.