A remote-controlled bomb planted on a parked bicycle exploded near a police bus in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, wounding more than 10 policemen and several civilians. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Senior police officer Ali Shah Paktiawal said the bomb was detonated as the bus carrying police passed in a densely crowded neighbourhood. Witnesses said three bystanders and three people in a passing car were also wounded. Meanwhile on Tuesday, President Hamid Karzai's office insisted that the people of Afghanistan would not turn to support the Taliban, despite problems facing their destitute and volatile country. Spokesman Karim Rahimi was reacting to a warning by the NATO commander in Afghanistan that 70 percent of Afghans could begin to side with the Taliban if there was no major change in the security situation within six months.