Two police were killed and five others injured as a suicide attack rattled Helmand 's provincial capital Lashkar Gah, 555 km south of capital Kabul on Saturday morning, a senior police official Pacha Gul Bakhtiar said.

"A terrorist with explosive device and wearing police uniform was attempting to enter a police compound in Lashkar Gah city at 08: 15 a.m. local time. When police asked him to prove his identity, he exploded himself leaving two police dead," Bakhtiar told Xinhua.

The bomber was also killed in the blast, while five other police personnel sustained injuries, the official said.

He also put the attack on Taliban militants. However, the armed outfit is yet to claim responsibility.

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