“The blast caused panic among the people. Several students were trapped inside safe-rooms at the building during the clashes. As we heard the AUAF was threaten by Taliban militants over the past couple of years. Two AUAF teachers were kidnapped a couple of weeks ago. They are still missing,” Salim said. The students mostly working in NGOs and government offices were arriving for evening classes before the attack took place, he said. Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has condemned the attack Wednesday evening.
“I condemn this coward attack on AUAF. Attacking schools, universities and innocent people is a war crime. We cannot bear it,” he tweeted.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. About 1,600 civilians were killed and more than 3,560 others wounded in conflict-related violence and Taliban-led attacks in first half of the year, according to UN mission officials in the country.