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Gunfire Reported at American University of Afghanistan in Kabul

by VOA News

   There are reports of gunfire and explosions at the American University
   of Afghanistan in Kabul, and Afghan security forces have surrounded the
   school.

   Eyewitnesses reported that attackers have infiltrated the school where
   many teachers and students are believed to be trapped inside.

   Massoud Hossaini, an Afghan Putlizer Prize-winning photographer for the
   Associated Press, posted a statement on Twitter from inside the school.

   "Help we are stuck inside AUAF and shooting followed by Explo this
   maybe my last tweets."

   Afghan officials say they are sending in security forces to respond to
   a "complex" attack. Eyewitness told VOA that they have seen Afghan
   Special Forces rushing towards the scene shortly after the first
   explosion.

   There are no details of casualties or claims of responsibility from
   militant groups.

   Earlier this month, an American professor and his Australian colleague
   were kidnapped at the school. No group claimed responsibility for the
   kidnapping and the professors whereabouts remain unknown.