At least one person was wounded when a sticky bomb attached to an army vehicle went off near the country's presidential palace in central Kabul on Sunday morning, sources said.

"A sticky bomb attached to an army jeep was detonated when the vehicle was running in Zambaq Square near the western gate of presidential palace at around 8:30 a.m. local time, injuring one army personnel," a security source told Xinhua.

The blast took place one day before swearing-in ceremony of the Afghan President-elect Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, who will replace the outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

No group has claimed responsibility. The authorities blame Taliban militants for such attacks.

A surge in attacks has been witnessed in the country since mid- May when the Taliban launched a yearly rebel offensive against Afghan security forces and the NATO-led troops stationed in the country.

Afghan security forces took the full operational lead from foreign troops in mid-last year.

The war-torn country is due to take over the responsibility for its own security from NATO-led troops by the end of year.

More than 41,000 NATO-led coalition troops, down from the peak of 130,000 in 2010, are stationed in Afghanistan. Nearly 29,000 of them are Americans and the United States plans to trim its forces to less than 10,000 next year.

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