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Officials blame ISIL for civilians' kidnapping and killing in Firoz Koh district of the isolated province.
An official said the killings were to avenge the death of one of ISIL's commanders [Watan Yar/EPA]
Fighters have killed at least 30 civilians after abducting them in the remote Afghan province of Ghor, according to an Afghan police official.
Suspected ISIL fighters killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday in the Firoz Koh district in revenge for the death of one of their commanders, a provincial official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
"Afghan police killed a Daesh commander in Ghor province during an operation yesterday but Daesh fighters abducted some 30 civilians from near the provincial capital and shot them all dead in revenge," Abdul Hai Khatibi, a spokesman for the governor, said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, also known as ISIS.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
However, Abdul Hai Khateby, spokesman for Ghor's governor, told the Associated Press news agency that the fighters
Officials blame ISIL for civilians' kidnapping and killing in Firoz Koh district of the isolated province.
An official said the killings were to avenge the death of one of ISIL's commanders [Watan Yar/EPA]
Fighters have killed at least 30 civilians after abducting them in the remote Afghan province of Ghor, according to an Afghan police official.
Suspected ISIL fighters killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday in the Firoz Koh district in revenge for the death of one of their commanders, a provincial official told Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
"Afghan police killed a Daesh commander in Ghor province during an operation yesterday but Daesh fighters abducted some 30 civilians from near the provincial capital and shot them all dead in revenge," Abdul Hai Khatibi, a spokesman for the governor, said, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group, also known as ISIS.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
However, Abdul Hai Khateby, spokesman for Ghor's governor, told the Associated Press news agency that the fighters
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