Alwaght- At least 15 people were killed and over 35 were injured on Tuesday in an attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Afghanistan-based Tolo news cited Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi as saying that at least 13 people including seven students, two security guards of the University, one official from the Visually Impaired Vocational High School, and three soldiers were killed during the attack.
The attack was ended after 10 hours when two gunmen who were still on the site were killed at 5am local time in a police operation.
Nearly 35 people including nine soldiers were wounded in the attack, he said.
"The attacker used the Visually Impaired Vocational High School to enter into the university. They [the attackers] broke the entrance door by an explosive-laden vehicle," Rahimi said, who was briefing journalists near the attack scene on Thursday morning.
"Totally there were about 750 students and staff members inside the university. All were evacuated successfully by our personnel," he added.
The attack triggered desperate pleas on social media from trapped students shortly after the insurgents blew an opening through a wall to gain entry into the heavily guarded complex.
The gunmen detonated explosives and fired guns, witnesses said, causing some students and faculty to flee.
The first blast occurred at 7:50 p.m., when students were gathering and eating together.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the incident.
This is the second attack against the university this month. About two weeks ago two of its foreign professors were kidnapped at gunpoint after leaving work. One is an American and the other is an Australian.
