One police was killed and three other injured as an explosion rocked city of Lashkar Gah, Helmand earlier this morning. Omar Zwak, provincial governor’s spokesman, said that the incident happened earlier this morning around 10:00 am in Street 601 area of Lashkar Gah city. According to Zwak, the target of the attack was head of Helmand security. Zwak added that the incident happened when head of the security along with other local officials were heading for a clean-up operation in Kandahar-Lashkar Gah highway. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. This comes as yesterday dozens of Helmand residents picked up arms against Taleban in a bid to defend their province and support the security forces.
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