Students tweet for help from Kabul univ under attack

KABUL: At least one student was killed and several were wounded after explosions and gunfire rocked the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul on Wednesday.

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The assault comes just weeks after two university professors — an American and an Australian — were kidnapped at gunpoint near the school.

“I heard explosions and gunfire is going on close by... our class is filled with smoke and dust,” a student told AFP by telephone.

“We are stuck inside and very afraid.”

Many other trapped students were tweeting desperate messages for help.

“#AUAF under attack. I along with my friends escaped and several other of my friends and professors trapped inside,” journalist Ahmad Mukhtar tweeted.

Reuters quoted the head of the city’s hospitals as saying 14 people were wounded.