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| Gunmen storm university campus in Kabul after blast rocks Afghan capital | Gunmen storm university campus in Kabul after blast rocks Afghan capital |
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| An explosion and gunfire were reported at the Kabul University in Afghanistan on Monday morning, hours after a bomb went off in the city. | An explosion and gunfire were reported at the Kabul University in Afghanistan on Monday morning, hours after a bomb went off in the city. |
| Police have surrounded the campus after a group of gunmen entered the university compound, Interior Ministry spokesperson, Tariq Arian, said. | Police have surrounded the campus after a group of gunmen entered the university compound, Interior Ministry spokesperson, Tariq Arian, said. |
| Sources told TOLOnews that there were three attackers. According to the report, an explosion and gunfire occurred when Afghan and Iranian officials were opening a book exhibition. | Sources told TOLOnews that there were three attackers. According to the report, an explosion and gunfire occurred when Afghan and Iranian officials were opening a book exhibition. |
| The outlet posted photos of students being evacuated from the campus. | The outlet posted photos of students being evacuated from the campus. |
| A video from the scene shows people hastily walking down the street and fleeing in panic as loud bangs are being heard. | |
| A convoy of armored vehicles, which local media said belonged to “foreign forces,” was filmed moving towards Kabul. | |
| A Health Ministry spokesperson told 1TV that four people, including a lecturer at the university, were hospitalized. | |
| No militant group, including the Taliban, has claimed the responsibility for the attack as of yet. | |
| Earlier in the morning, a bomb exploded in Kabul, wounding a security serviceman and a civilian. | Earlier in the morning, a bomb exploded in Kabul, wounding a security serviceman and a civilian. |
| Last week, an SUV rigged with explosives blew up in a different part of the city, injuring three civilians. | Last week, an SUV rigged with explosives blew up in a different part of the city, injuring three civilians. |
| In September, the UN envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, warned about the “near-record violence” across country that was taking place as the talks between the Taliban and the Western-backed government in Kabul had stalled. | |
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