Local officials of western Ghor province on Wednesday said that Daesh insurgents shot dead 36 civilians in the province on Tuesday night.

The incident happened on Tuesday evening after a group of Daesh insurgents attacked some parts of Feroz Koh in Chaghcharan, the capital of the province.

Security forces and residents responded to the attack, said Provincial Governor Mohammad Nasir Khaze.‎

"Mullah Farooq, the commander of Daesh and the son of another commander were killed in the clashes. While they were escaping they shot them all dead," Khaze said.

"They [Daesh] abducted civilians who were farmers busy on their land. They shot all of them in reaction to killing their commander on Tuesday night," he said.

However, he did not provide more details on the clashes.

This is first time that a large number of Daesh insurgents have attacked Ghor province - as the group is mainly active in the eastern parts of the country.