Kabul – Gunmen Attack American University In Kabul, Students Trapped

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    Afghan security forces rush to respond to a complex Taliban attack on the campus of the American University in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. “We are trying to assess the situation,” President Mark English told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)GunKabul – Gunmen attacked the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday, with explosions and gunfire reported inside the campus where foreign staff and hundreds of students were trapped, an interior ministry official and a student said.

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    The senior interior ministry official said elite Afghan forces had surrounded the university compound and gunfire was continuing. Early reports were that several gunmen, some wearing suicide vests, were involved, he said.

    “Several gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul and there are reports of gunfire and explosions,” the official said. “They are inside the compound and there are foreign professors along with hundreds of students.”

    Ahmad Shaheer, a student at the university, told Reuters by telephone that he was trapped inside the university.

    “We are stuck inside our classroom and there are bursts of gunfire,” he said.

    It is the second time this month that the university or its staff have been targeted.

    Two teachers, an American and an Australian, remain missing after being abducted at gunpoint from a road nearby on Aug. 7.


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    misslydia128
    misslydia128
    7 years ago

    How can any American be foolish enough to go to school in Afghanistan these days?

    Normal
    Normal
    7 years ago

    Islam spreading peace and tranquility around the world.

    Secular
    Secular
    7 years ago

    Well you see, there was this video on line, and a spontaneous protest erupted….

    Dog of war…that sort of thing.