Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai has expressed his distaste for the recent suicide bombing near the NATO Headquarters in Kabul which claimed at least seven lives, and said that the scheduled presidential elections will be continuing undeterred this Thursday, according to a report by the BBC.

The bomber has succeeded in passing several Afghan checkpoints in his attempt, and managed to detonate his car bomb about 30 meters from the entrance of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), a NATO-led group. The resulting blast has instantly killed seven people, with about 90 in critical injury, including Hawa Nuristani, a female member of the Afghan Parliament.

The event had raised questions as to how secure the election proceedings will go on Thursday.

“It is very surprising the attackers were able to get into this area. Normally you have to show a pass, the car is looked at, the passengers are questioned. But it seems they were able to get past the first checkpoints and approach the NATO headquarters where the bomb exploded,” said Ian Pannell in an analysis for the BBC.

However, Karzai remains adamant about the coming elections, saying in a statement that Afghans will not be stopped from casting their votes on Thursday, despite Taliban threats of targeting voting stations with similar acts.

“Kabul has been relatively safe. The morale of the people is very high, with a tremendous enthusiasm to go and vote,” said Zalmay Rassoul, the Afghan national security adviser.

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