Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: Suspected Daesh militants attacked Talibanfighters attending a funeral in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday and killedat least 15 in the latest violence between the rival groups, officials said.

Another five Taliban were wounded in the attack on a house in Sayaddistrict in Sari Pul province, the provincial police chief Abdul QayumBaqizoi told AFP.

A Taliban commander was among the dead, Baqizoi added.

The attackers, who were armed with guns and grenades, fled the area.

The Sari Pul governor´s spokesman Zabiullah Amani confirmed the death toll.

“Daesh and Taliban have been fighting each other for more than two monthsin (neighbouring) Jowzjan and Sari Pul, killing hundreds on both sides,”Amani said, using the Arabic acronym for the militant group.

The Taliban has not commented on the attack. Daesh did not immediatelyclaim responsibility.

Daesh first emerged in Afghanistan in 2014, overrunning large parts of theeastern provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar.

The group has since expanded north and has been battling the Taliban aswell as Afghan and US forces.

While the Taliban is Afghanistan´s largest militant group, Daesh has asmall but potent presence in the country and has repeatedly demonstrated anability to carry out devastating attacks in urban areas, including Kabul. -APP/AFP