Local officials in southern Afghanistan announced the death of a police officer in Helmand’s seventh district.
A police officer of Lashkargah’s PD7, named Naqibullah, was killed in a roadside explosion targeting his convoy on Sunday, said Omar Zwak, a provincial governor’s spokesman.
A bodyguard of Naqibullah was also wounded in the blast, according to the spokesman.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
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