The incident occurred in the surrounding area of Nad Ali district late on Friday night during a joint operation conducted by Afghan forces and international troops, said Omar Zwak, provincial governor spokesman.
The US forces in Afghanistan confirmed the latest "friendly fire" incident, Xinhua news agency reported.
"We can confirm personnel from the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces were killed and wounded during overnight operations in Helmand province. We would like to express our deepest condolences," they said in a statement.
An investigation was launched to determine the specific circumstances that led to the incident, the statement noted.
In a separate development, eight Taliban militants were killed after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) they were planting went off prematurely along a road in neighbouring Nehri Sarraj district late Friday.
(This story has not been edited by Social News XYZ staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
About VDC
Doraiah Chowdary Vundavally is a Software engineer at VTech . He is the news editor of SocialNews.XYZ and Freelance writer-contributes Telugu and English Columns on Films, Politics, and Gossips. He is the primary contributor for South Cinema Section of SocialNews.XYZ. His mission is to help to develop SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgement towards any.