KABUL, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bombing Tuesday morning hit one mini-bus in southern Afghan province of Uruzgan killing nine people and wounding six others, all civilians, said a provincial police official.

    Juma Gul Humat, the provincial official, told Xinhua it happened at 9 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) when a mini-bus carrying civilians from village to Dihrawud district was struck by roadside mines in the main road.

    "Nine people including two children were killed on spot and six others were injured, all of them civilians," Humat said.

    The police chief blamed "the enemy of Afghanistan", a phrase usually indicates Taliban insurgents, was behind the bloodshed.

    Humat said those mines were planted days ago targeting Afghan and international troops patrolling around the area.

    However, Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, the purported Taliban spokesman, rejected the accusation that his outfit inflicted civilian causalities as usual.

    Conflicts and spirallng insurgency have claimed the lives of over 4,500 people with more than 1500 civilians so far this year in the war-torn country.