At least five people were killed and ten others were wounded in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan.

AVA- The provincial government media office in a statement said a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in Nad-e-Ali district of Helmand province at around 8 am near an army base.
The statement further added that the incident took place in Loy Bagh square and as a result four civilians were killed and seven others were wounded.
An Afghan police officer also lost his life in the attack and three others were wounded, the provincial government added.
In reaction to the attack, the provincial government leadership, said the militants carried out the cowardly attack at a time when they have been hardly suppressed in Nad-e-Ali and other districts of the province and have lost capabilities to face the security forces.
The statement also added that counter-terrorism operations are underway in different parts of Helmand and such attacks cannot deter the security forces to suppress the militants.
No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility behind the attack.