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Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate and a rival militia controlled by a prominent lawmaker have killed eight captured fighters from both sides in a brutal killing spree in the eastern border province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official said on Sunday.  (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate and a rival militia controlled by a prominent lawmaker have killed eight captured fighters from both sides in a brutal killing spree in the eastern border province of Nangarhar, an Afghan official said on Sunday. According to Ghalib Mujahid, the governor of the Achin district in Nangarhar, each group beheaded at least four fighters from the rival group who were captured during battles on Saturday. The militia is loyal to Zahir Qadir, Afghanistan's deputy speaker of parliament. Mujahid said Qadir's militiamen killed the captive IS gunmen and put their heads on display along a main road through the district. The killings reflect rampant lawlessness in this remote part of Afghanistan. It is not unusual for powerful Afghan figures and politicians to control personal militias, though the central government and international organizations such as the United Nations have expressed concern about a proliferation of armed groups that are not part of the government's security force. Here: Afghan militia men stand near to the dead body of a beheaded Islamic State group loyalist in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



An Afghan militia man stands guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. An Afghan official says fighters for the Islamic State group and a militia controlled by a prominent lawmaker have beheaded a total of eight men in tit-for-tat revenge killings in the eastern border province of Nangarhar. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

An Afghan militia man stands guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. An Afghan official says fighters for the Islamic State group and a militia controlled by a prominent lawmaker have beheaded a total of eight men in tit-for-tat revenge killings in the eastern border province of Nangarhar. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



An Afghan militia man stands guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

An Afghan militia man stands guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



An Afghan militia man stands near the decapitated bodies of Islamic State group loyalists in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

An Afghan militia man stands near the decapitated bodies of Islamic State group loyalists in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



An Afghan militia man stands guard near the decapitated bodies of Islamic State group loyalists in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

An Afghan militia man stands guard near the decapitated bodies of Islamic State group loyalists in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



Afghan militia men raise their weapons as they stand guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

Afghan militia men raise their weapons as they stand guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



An Afghan militia man walks in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

An Afghan militia man walks in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)



Afghan militia men stand guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)

Afghan militia men stand guard in the Achin district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, December 27, 2015. (Photo by Mohammad Anwar Danishyar/AP Photo)
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