LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, July 18 (Reuters) - Seven Afghan policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint on Monday in the southern city of Lashkar Gah, a government spokesman said, where NATO-led troops are due to hand over security control to Afghan forces in two days.
Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the governor of southern Helmand province, confirmed the attack and said seven police were killed.
Lashkar Gah is the capital of volatile Helmand and is the most contentious of the first seven areas to be handed over by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The official handover in Lashkar Gah is due to take place be on Wednesday. (Reporting by Abdul Malik; Writing by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Paul Tait)
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