Deputy superintendent of police Amanullah was among the 15 people killed in the incident
The attack is believed to be targeting the Shiite Hazara ethnic minority community.
The blast was claimed by both the local affiliate of the Islamic State terror group and by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
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