Islamic State attack on Kabul University kills 22, wounds 22
Source: Washington Post
An hours-long siege on Kabul University claimed by the Islamic State left at least 22 dead and 22 wounded Monday after two gunmen stormed the campus, took several students hostage and battled security forces for hours before the scene was cleared and all hostages were freed.
The attack in Afghanistan's capital began with an explosion at the gates of the university just before 11 a.m. Monday.
Thousands of students fled, but a number trapped inside began posting to social media describing seeing classmates gunned down.
God give patience, my classmates martyred and wounded in front of my eyes, and I am taken hostage, Qaseem Kohestani, a fourth-year student at the universitys public policy school, posted to Facebook.
A law student told The Washington Post that dozens of students and some professors were taken hostage in the attack. The student spoke on the condition of anonymity because of security concerns.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/kabul-university-attack-hostages-afghan/2020/11/02/ca0f1b6a-1ce7-11eb-ad53-4c1fda49907d_story.html
bbrady42
(173 posts)PSPS
(13,512 posts)maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)Just the "moderates" in the Taliban.
RussBLib
(8,984 posts)How many times have Trump's pronouncements turned around to bite him in the ass?
I've lost count.
Behind the Aegis
(53,833 posts)I don't know I missed this story! I was watching the breaking news about the attack in Vienna and saw the news about Kabul! WHAT THE EVER-LOVING FUCK is going on!?
for the dead and their families!
Sapient Donkey
(1,568 posts)maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)Boko Haram, as they say in Nigeria.
The IS is not part of the US/Taliban peace deal, and it won't stop when the Taliban take over (which they will).
Trump, and, frankly, most of America could give a fuck about the daily toll of Terror in Afghanistan.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)must have been another orange cloud of fart speech.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Im increasingly fed up with people who propagate this Bronze Age bullshit, no matter the particular flavor. Idiocy and mental filth.
I know plenty of nice, sane, religious people but theres far too many extremists, Islamic, Christian, etc. The good thing is that every year the amount of people who claim no religion goes up. At some point theyll be the majority and some of this shit will lessen.