{"id":47124,"date":"2016-08-24T13:35:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47124"},"modified":"2016-08-24T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T17:39:56","slug":"at-least-7-killed-20-injured-after-gunmen-storm-american-university-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47124","title":{"rendered":"At Least 7 Killed, 20 Injured After Gunmen Storm American University In Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update: <\/strong>At least 7 people have been killed and 20 others have been injured, police have told Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>As we detailed earlier, gunmen have stormed American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday night as witnesses said they heard gunfire and explosions ringing out. According to media reports, the attackers have infiltrated the educational institution. Teachers and hundreds of students are said to be sheltering inside the building.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">American Univ. in Kabul is reportedly under attack -American teachers &amp; hundreds of students are sheltering inside <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJPc6jZzDt\">https:\/\/t.co\/QJPc6jZzDt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bret Baier (@BretBaier) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BretBaier\/status\/768467491307663362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-university-of-afghanistan-in-kabul-attack\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=28004355\">CBS confirms<\/a>, the American University of Afghanistan is currently under attack.\u00a0 CBS News\u2019 Ahmad Muktar reports from Afghanistan that several American professors are inside, along with possibly hundreds of students. Many appear to have escaped through emergency doors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Several gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul and there are reports of gunfire and explosions,&#8221; an interior ministry official told Reuters. &#8220;They are inside the compound and there are foreign professors along with hundreds of students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Local network TOLOnews reported there was an initial explosion before the gunmen infiltrated the high-walled campus, located in a relatively secure and upmarket part of Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter eyewitnesses said that some students were able to make it out in time, as soon as they heard the blast, while others were locked down in their classrooms and offices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re dealing with a complex attack inside the American University. Special forces are en route,&#8221; a representative of Kabul&#8217;s rapid reaction force told local journalis<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses say they heard gunshots, then a blast, and many believe it was the gate blown open, letting the attackers inside.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabul<\/a> explosion updates: Attackers have infiltrated inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/American?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#American<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/University?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#University<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/768462211597598720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Explosions &amp; gunfire reported at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Y82LhbeNK\">pic.twitter.com\/9Y82LhbeNK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmichaiStein1\/status\/768465126420779008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Massoud Hossaini has been tweeting that he is trapped inside along with others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darul Aman street right now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kabulblast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kabulblast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NDSAfghanistan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NDSAfghanistan<\/a> please help those stuck in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AUAfghanistan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AUAfghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q1yTZ6S8Ui\">pic.twitter.com\/q1yTZ6S8Ui<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Qudrat Rajavi (@QudratRajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QudratRajavi\/status\/768467455048048640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-error\" data-twitter-extracted-i1472060033335158846=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Help we are stuck inside AUAF and shooting flollowed by Explo this maybe my last tweets<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Massoud151\/status\/768460104807120900\">August 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Afghanistan\u2019s 1TV news reported that there were \u201cmultiple\u201d dead and wounded on campus. The channel also cited eyewitness reports claiming that some of the attackers may have entered Noor Hospital, located next door to the educational facility.<\/p>\n<p>The American University of Afghanistan was established in 2006 with the help of US funds and remains the country\u2019s leading private university. All classes are taught in English, and there are currently over 2,000 students enrolled. Earlier this month, two professors, an American and an Australian citizen, were kidnapped from its campus.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-24\/gunmen-storm-american-university-afghanistan-kabul-explosions-gunfire-ongoing\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-08-24\/gunmen-storm-american-university-afghanistan-kabul-explosions-gunfire-ongoing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZeroHedge.com Update: At least 7 people have been killed and 20 others have been injured, police have told Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary *\u00a0 *\u00a0 * As we detailed earlier, gunmen have stormed American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47124\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}