A suicide bombing killed two policemen in Helmand province of southern Afghanistan on Saturday, provincial police chief Mohammad Nabi Mullahkhil told Xinhua.

A man belting explosives on his body rushed onto a police van in Nad Ali district at around 9:00 a.m. (0430 GMT), killing two policemen, Mullahkhil said.

The police van was also destroyed, he added.

Helmand has been a hotbed of Taliban militants, who clash with Afghan and foreign forces frequently.

Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgency, over 1,100 persons, mostly Taliban rebels, have been killed in Afghanistan this year.

Source: Xinhua