A suicide bomber blew himself up in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least seven and injuring another six people in a home where a ceremony was being celebrated.
Aqa-Noor Kintoz, Helmand Province Police Chief, said it remained unclear who owned the house in the city of Lashkargh.
Omar Zwak, the Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, said the house belongs to a tribal elder and is located next to a facility of the Afghan spy agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS).
He explained that only one person died and nine were injured in the incident.
Meanwhile, Bilal Sarwary, an Afghan journalist, said the house belonged to a shadow governor from a Taliban splinter group.
Also, a source within the provincial council of Helmand says the house belongs to local forces the Afghan spy agency supports in the fight against the Taliban.
Lashkargah, the capital of the most embattled province in southern Afghanistan, has repeatedly been the target of Taliban operations.
Save for the city, all districts in Helmand are heavily contested or fully controlled by Taliban militants.
10 police officers were killed and at least 14 police and civilians were wounded in early October when a car bomb went off in Lashkargah. (dpa/NAN)