Five people injured in an attack at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul have been hospitalized, the Italian medical charity Emergency said in a message on Wednesday.
#Afghanistan. The American university in #Kabul currently under attack. 5 wounded trasferred to @emergency_ong hospital.
— Pajhwok Afghan News (@pajhwok) 24 августа 2016 г.
Latestnews_af published a video of a wounded student from the American University in Afghanistan.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Afghan news channel TOLOnews reported that armed assailants had breached the university after setting off explosives outside.
#BREAKING: Explosions & gunfire reported at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul pic.twitter.com/9Y82LhbeNK
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) 24 августа 2016 г.
Darul Aman street right now #Kabulblast @NDSAfghanistan please help those stuck in @AUAfghanistan pic.twitter.com/q1yTZ6S8Ui
— Qudratullah Rajavi (@Qodratollah) 24 августа 2016 г.
According to 1tvnews, there are killed and injured as the result of the attack.
Students are being held hostage in the university, Ariana News reported.
#Breaking: American University in #Kabul comes under attack by terrorists. Gunbattle raging after explosion. Special forces rushed.
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) 24 августа 2016 г.
"Several gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul and there are reports of gunfire and explosions," an Afghan Interior Ministry official told Reuters. "They are inside the compound and there are foreign professors along with hundreds of students."
My source at AUAF said the attack was at the pedestrian entrance at Darulaman road then subsequent shooting. I'm still inquiring within AUAF
— ariana delawari (@arianadelawari) 24 августа 2016 г.
Americans who are in Kabul, Afghanistan should take caution amid reports of an attack at the city's American University, the US Department of State said in a Twitter message on Wednesday
