MAHMUD-E-RAQI, Afghanistan, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Six people, all civilians were killed and two others wounded as a roadside bomb struck a car in Afghanistan's eastern Kapisa province on Tuesday, provincial police spokesman Abdul Shaeq Shurash said Wednesday.

The roadside bomb, according to the official, was planted by the Taliban militants on a road in Nijrab district and struck a car Tuesday evening, killing six commuters including women and children on the spot and injuring two others.

Taliban militants who are active in parts of Kapisa province with Mahmud-e-Raqi as its capital 65 km north of Kabul, haven't commented on the report.