Afghan security personnel keep watch at the site of a suicide attack at the Indian embassy in Kabul July 7, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

The statement said that six police constables were killed and five others sustained injuries while all the remaining are civilians, including women and children.

However, Najib Nikzad, an official of the Interior Ministry, earlier put the number of those killed as high as 41, while Abdullah Fahim, the spokesman of the Public Health Ministry, said 28 were killed and 141 sustained injuries.

Indian Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee condemned the "dastardly attack" on the Indian mission and confirmed four Indians were killed in the attack, including Defense Attache Brigadier R.D. Mehta and Press Counselor V. Venkat Rao.

An Indian Air Force IL-76 aircraft will soon leave for Kabul to bring back the bodies of the Indians, he added.

Two Indonesian diplomats were also injured in the car bomb attack, said Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah.

The Indonesian embassy building in Kabul, which is located near the Indian embassy, was severely damaged, he said.

No groups or individuals have claimed responsibility for the bloody explosion, but the Interior Ministry blamed the attack on the enemies of Afghanistan, a term used against Taliban insurgents.