"Afghan police killed a Daesh commander in Ghor province during an operation yesterday but Daesh (ISIS , ISIL, IS) fighters abducted some 30 civilians from near the provincial capital and shot them all dead in revenge," said Abdul Hai Khatibi, a spokesman for the governor, using a name commonly given to ISIS,Reuters reported.

The killings followed an attack by militants near Feroz Koh, the provincial capital, on Tuesday.

Ghor, in central-western Afghanistan, has not been known as a major centre for ISIS, which has been concentrated in the eastern state of Nangarhar.

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