At least two Afghan security personnel died and four were wounded in Kabul on Wednesday when a suicide bomber aboard a motorbike blew themselves up near the parliament, Afghan government officials said.

Kabul, 12 Jan. (AKI) - At least two Afghan security personnel died and four were wounded in Kabul on Wednesday when a suicide bomber aboard a motorbike blew themselves up near the parliament, Afghan government officials said.

A minibus carrying Afghan security forces was the target of the attack, reports cited interior ministry spokesman Zemari Bashary as saying.

Violence is at its worst in Afghanistan since the Taliban-led insurgency began in 2001. But attacks in the Afghan capital have been relatively rare over the past year, particularly since aring of steel' was erected around the city before the September parliamentary elections.

In December, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the first major attack in Kabul since May. Five people were killed and nine were wounded in last month's attack.

In the May assault, six foreign troops were killed by a large suicide car bomb