16 were also injured in Babaji area of provincial capital Lashkargah.
In Afghanistan, twenty-eight Taliban were killed and sixteen wounded in an airstrike in southern Helmand province.
According to an official, the dead Taliban include five commanders; Mullah Raqeeb, Qari Omer, Firdosi, Jahadullah and Bashir Agha.
He said that Taliban had gathered in Babaji area of provincial capital Lashkargah to plan attacks on security forces.
