Islamofascists Targeting Afghanistan
"[There will be a national day of mourning; my] condolences and profound sympathies to the nation [and the families of the victims].""My heart is still beating for this academic institution [at which he once taught].""Today's attack has left us grief-stricken.""We will not remain silent. We will take the revenge.""Our brave forces are after you everywhere and they will eliminate you."Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Kabul"They were shooting at every student they saw.""They even shot at the students who were running away."Fathullah Moradi, witness"This is the second attack on educational institutions in Kabul.""Afghan children and youth need to feel safe going to school."Stefano Pontecorvo, NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan
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| A damaged room at the Kabul University is seen after a deadly attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) |
Once again, a favourite target of Islamist terrorists was attacked on Monday when gunmen stormed the campus of Kabul University. Students in classrooms surrounded by their peers studying, books everywhere, were targeted and 22 were killed, including those who were attempting to run for their lives, ending up leaving their lives behind, their ambitions for their future forever unrealized, in a 'despicable act of terror'. In the attack, both students and their teachers fled the law and journalism portion of the campus to escape their tormentors.
Hand grenades were heard to explode while automatic rifle fire added its authority to the deadly attack where Afghan special forces surrounded the campus, taking charge to channel teachers and students to safety. An additional 22 students were wounded, some seriously. According to a statement by the Islamic State, their target was newly-graduated "judges and investigators belonging to the apostate Afghan government" who had gathered at the campus, according to data from the SITE Intelligence Group, monitoring terror-issued online messaging.
A suicide bomber was sent into an education centre in the Shia-dominated neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barcht last month where he succeeded in killing 24 students, injuring over a hundred. Since emerging in Afghanistan in 2014, the Islamic State affiliate in the country has made it crystal clear it targets the minority Shia Muslins in Afghanistan, staging dozens of deadly attacks. The Monday attack was related to a book fair being launched at the university, of Iranian-issued publications. The Shiite Republic of Iran is particularly in the targeted cross-hairs of Islamic State.
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| Afghan security forces at the University of Kabul after gunmen stormed the campus and killed at least two dozen people. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters) |
University student Ahmad Samim testified that he watched as militants armed with pistols and Kalashnikov assault rifles fired at the oldest university in the country, with its 17,000 students. The attack, he said, took place on the eastern side of the university where law and journalism faculties teach. In just one week this represents the second attack by terrorists on the country's academic institutions.There were three attackers on Monday, whom Afghan security forces shot dead.
Islamic State's own Amaq News Agency verified that the attack was yet another brainchild of ISIL. The attack geared to disrupt and punish those involved in the completion of a training course at the university. A senior government official showed videos of students dead in classrooms, lying next to their books. One of whom appeared to have been shot as he was attempting to clamber out a window to safety.
On October 24, 24 people -- teenage students among them -- were killed at an education centre in Kabul which Islamic State claimed responsibility for. This latest attack was condemned by the Taliban in an issued statement as they denied any involvement in this attack. Whitewashing themselves from any such gruesome atrocities, when in fact the Taliban are the experts in suicide bombings, and continue to mount them, killing countless Afghans on their own terror-driven initiative.
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| Afghan policemen keep watch near the site of an attack in Kabul on Monday. The attack came as the Taliban are continuing peace talks with the U.S.-backed government. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters) |
Labels: Academia, Afghanistan, Atrocities, Islamic State, Killing Students, Taliban
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, November 04, 2020
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