The group’s Amaq propaganda wing released a statement saying, “Fifteen Shias were killed and six others wounded in an attack carried out by the soldiers of the caliphate in central Afghanistan.”
Following the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, attacks in Afghanistan have significantly decreased; nevertheless, many armed factions, such as the local Islamic State-Khorasan, continue to pose a threat.
According to interior ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani, “unknown gunmen opened fire and killed civilians.”
Four individuals were hurt and fourteen people had died, according to a source in the province of Daykundi.
A group had assembled, according to the source, to greet pilgrims coming back from Karbala, Iraq.
