French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called a special meeting with his top security advisers to discuss new security conditions for the country's soldiers in Afghanistan, a day after a suicide attack there killed five French soldiers.

Sarkozy said Thursday he wants to talk about security measures during the transition process before French troops begin withdrawing from Afghanistan.

He announced Tuesday France will pull out 1,000 of its troops by the end of 2012.

Mr. Sarkozy's office said the suicide bomber blew himself up Wednesday near French troops who were protecting a local council meeting in the Joybar area of Kapisa province. The attack also killed at least one Afghan civilian and wounded four other French soldiers.

Following the attack in Kapisa, Mr. Sarkozy's office said that France is determined to remain part of the NATO-led coalition to bring stability to Afghanistan.

Wednesday's suicide bombing brings the number of French troops killed in the country to 69 since 2001. France has about 4,000 troops in Afghanistan.

The attack on French forces was the worst since 2008, when 10 soldiers were killed and 21 wounded in a Taliban ambush in the Uzbin Valley, south of the Afghan capital.

Violence is at its worst point in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion almost a decade ago.