A large explosion occurred outside American University on Darulaman Road in Kabul. The explosion was followed by gunfire and multiple gunmen entered the building and opened fire. The attack began at 7:00 PM local time.
Classes were still ongoing when the attack started. Many students are still stuck inside the University.
The University was established a decade ago and has an estimated 1,700 students enrolled there.
An AP photographer tweeted from inside the University:
Help we are stuck inside AUAF and shooting flollowed by Explo this maybe my last tweets
— Massoud Hossaini (@Massoud151) August 24, 2016
Another tweet shows smoke rising after the explosion outside the University:
Photo attributed to the attack on American University of Afghanistan in Kabul pic.twitter.com/EVunzOpyd3
— KAZEMI, Mustafa (@CombatJourno) August 24, 2016
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
