One Student Dead, 14 Injured in Attack on American University in Kabul

One student was killed and 14 injured in an attack on American University of Afganistan in Kabul, Reuters reported citing the head of Kabul hospitals.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Afghan news channel TOLOnews reported that armed assailants had breached the university after setting off explosives outside.

Students and professors have been taken hostage by the gunmen.

“Several gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul and there are reports of gunfire and explosions,” an Afghan Interior Ministry official told Reuters earlier in the day. “They are inside the compound and there are foreign professors along with hundreds of students.”

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet