KABUL, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Afghans from all walks of life have strongly denounced the terrorist attack on an American-run university in Kabul which claimed over a dozen lives after 10 hours of fighting.
In the deadly attack which was launched on American University of Afghanistan (AUAF) at 07:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, according to a statement of Interior Ministry released here on Thursday, 15 people including three attackers were killed and 36 others injured.
"Twelve people including seven students of the university, three police, a guard of the university and a guard of a nearby school were killed in the coward terrorist attack and 36 others including students and staff of the university as well as nine police personnel injured," said the statement of Interior Ministry released here.
Police personnel have also rescued some 200 students, according to the statement of Interior Ministry.
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in a statement released by his office here termed the attack on the university as blatant terrorist offensive against education and development of Afghanistan and condemned it in its strongest term.
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