Originally published Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:49 AM

Afghanistan: blast kills 9 civilians

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

The Associated Press

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ALTAF QADRI / AP

Afghan policemen stand guard as U.N. staffers leave the guest house with their belongings in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday. Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home Thursday, one day after Taliban militants stormed a guest house in the capital in a brazen attack that is forcing the world body to re-evaluate its mission in the war-ravaged nation.

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.

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