NATO-led forces say a Taliban suicide truck bomber has attacked a coalition outpost in central Afghanistan, killing two Afghan civilians and wounding more than 100 others.

The coalition said Sunday that 77 NATO personnel and nearly 25 Afghan civilians suffered non-life threatening injuries in the blast, which occurred on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks against the United States.

The international alliance said the truck exploded Saturday evening at the entrance of the Combat Outpost Sayed Abad in Wardak province, about 50 kilometers southwest of Kabul. It said the brunt of the explosion was absorbed by the protective barrier at the entrance. Local officials say the blast damaged about 100 shops in the area.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. In an e-mailed statement, the group accused the United States of using the 2001 attacks as a pretext for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan. The Islamists said that Afghans have an “endless stamina for a long war.”

Elsewhere across the country, at least 10 Afghan civilians were killed in two separate roadside bombings. Also, a NATO soldier died in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan Saturday.

The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 after the Taliban, which at the time ruled the country, refused to hand over former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, who masterminded the attacks.

Bin Laden was killed on May 2 during a raid by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.