“Unknown gunmen opened fire and killed civilians,” Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani told AFP, adding that further details about the attack in Daykundi province would be announced later.
A state source told the agency, requesting anonymity for security reasons, that 14 people were killed and at least 4 were injured.
He added that a group of people had gathered to welcome pilgrims returning from the Iraqi city of Karbala when the attack occurred.
A hospital official in the state capital, Nellie, said staff were on alert.
“They were informed to prepare to receive and treat the wounded,” he added in a statement to France Presse, requesting anonymity.
Following the attack, ISIS claimed responsibility for the bloody attack.
The organization’s Amaq news agency reported that “15 Shiites were killed and 6 others were injured.”
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