LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The deputy police chief for southern Helmand province was critically injured in a roadside bombing that killed another policeman on the road between the provincial capital and Marja district on Thursday.
Helmand police chief Brig. Gen. Aqa Noor told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast ripped through Col. Ghulam Jilani Kharotai’s armoured vehicle on the Lashkargah-Marja highway before noon. He said the blast injured Kharotai and killed another policeman.
Officials at the Emergency-run hospital in Lashkargah confirmed receiving two injured persons from the scene. They said the deputy police chief had . . .
