Bomb kills 6 family members in eastern Afghanistan

(Stations: This serves as both a Tops and CORRECTION to V2038 and V1953. The new version CORRECTS bomb was beneath water storage tank, not water truck.)

KABUL (AP) — Authorities and relatives say six members of a family were killed when a remote-controlled bomb exploded under a water tank in eastern Afghanistan.

A relative at the scene of the bombing tells Associated Press Television the family was in a car on a shopping trip when they were caught in the blast.

A local official says the dead include two children who appeared to be under the age of four.

The Interior Ministry earlier reported three dead and three more wounded. The relative says those who were injured later died.

NATO, meanwhile, is reporting a U.S. service member was killed yesterday in an insurgent attack. The death brings to 16 the number of U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan this month.

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<<APPHOTO KHO101 (11/24/09)>>

: …… EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT …… The body of an Afghan child is seen during his funeral procession outside the city of Khost, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. A remote-controlled bomb hidden in a water tank exploded outside Khost, killing six people, including four children, and wounding one, authorities and relatives said. All the victims were members of the same family who had been going shopping ahead of the Muslim holiday Eid.

<<APPHOTO KHO102 (11/24/09)>>

: Afghan men carry the coffins of their family members outside the city of Khost, Afghanistan, Thuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. A remote-controlled bomb hidden in a water tank exploded outside Khost, killing six people, including four children, and wounding one, authorities and relatives said. All the victims were members of the same family who had been going shopping ahead of the Muslim holiday Eid.