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Gunmen have attacked the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, trapping foreign staff and students inside. Vanessa Johnston reports.
Kabul, Nov 2 (EFE/EPA).- At least six people were injured on Monday as a group of militants attacked the University of Kabul, prompting the deployment of extra security forces and forcing hundreds of students to flee from the campus in the Afghan capital, officials said.Public health ministry spokesperson Akmal Samsor told EFE the injured students and lecturers had been evacuated to a hospital.Tariq Arian, an interior ministry spokesperson, said in a statement that “several enemies of Afghanistan” entered the Kabul university campus.“Special forces have arrived,” he said, adding that police had saved several of the trapped students and efforts were underway to rescue all the people holed up inside the besieged campus.SHOT LIST: THE UNIVERITY OF KABUL AFTER THE ATTACK.
Afghan special forces evacuate wounded people after gunmen stormed Kabul University ahead of the opening of an Iranian book fair, firing shots and sending students fleeing. IMAGES
Kabul, Nov 3 (EFE/EPA).- Afghanistan was on Tuesday observing a day of national mourning, a day after the deadly militant attack on Kabul University, in which the death toll has climbed to 22, while 27 people have been injured.The five hour-siege had ended on Monday evening after all three assailants were gunned down. (Camera: JAWED KARGAR).SHOT LIST: THE AFTERMATH OF THE ATTACK AT KABUL UNIVERSITY IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
Scenes of devastation at Kabul University a day after attackers stormed it, detonated a suicide bomb and sprayed classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group. IMAGES