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P M ‘Modi’ Strongly Condemns Attack On American University In Kabul

,[New DelhiKabul] P M Of India Narendra Modi Strongly Condemns Attack On American University In Kabul
Prime Minister Modi Tweeted
“We strongly condemn the attack on American University in Kabul. Condolences to the bereaved families & prayers with the
Injured
Explosions and gunfire rocked the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul
“#AUAF under attack. I along with my friends escaped and several other of my friends and professors trapped inside,” Kabul-based journalist Ahmad Mukhtar tweeted.
The Italian-run Emergency Hospital in Kabul tweeted
that at least five wounded people had been brought to the facility for treatment.
The management of the elite American University of Afghanistan, which opened in 2006 and enrolls more than 1,700 students, was not immediately reachable for comment.
The private university is usually packed with students in the evening, many of them working professionals doing part-time courses at the facility.
The assault comes after two professors at the university – an American and Australian – were kidnapped in the heart of Kabul earlier this month, the latest in a series of abductions of foreigners in the conflict-torn country.
No group has publicly claimed the abductions so far. The Afghan capital is infested with organised criminal gangs who stage kidnappings for ransom, often targeting foreigners and wealthy Afghans, and sometimes handing them over to insurgent groups.
It appeared to be the first reported abduction related to a private university in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have stepped up nationwide attacks.
Afghan forces backed by US troops are seeking to head off a potential Taliban takeover of Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern opium-rich province of Helmand as fighting intensifies.