Afghanistan: blast kills 9 civilians in east

Afghanistan: blast kills 9 civilians

KABUL — A taxi carrying nine civilians hit a bomb buried in the road in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, killing everyone inside, police said.

Nangahar provincial police spokesman Ghafour Khan said the dead included a mother and her child.

The taxi was headed to a market in the district of Khogyani when the explosion ripped through the vehicle, Khan said.

No other details were immediately available.