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Suspected IS Militants Execute 30 in Central Afghanistan

by VOA News

   Militants suspected to belong to the Islamic State group kidnapped and
   executed 30 people in the central Afghanistan province of Ghor,
   according to a local government official.

   "Afghan police killed a Daesh (IS) 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," Ghor
   government spokesman Abdul Hai Khatibi.

   The abductions took place late Tuesday night near the provincial
   capital Firoz Koh, as Afghan security forces engaged in battle with
   members of the Taliban nearby.

   So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the killings.