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War is a day of lessons that ends in the operating room

An afternoon of lectures at the American University in Kabul. Suddenly, armed men raid the university, they enter classrooms, screaming, shooting.

Hundreds of trapped students, some hiding, many manage to escape, even throwing themselves out of the windows. 24 of the wounded were taken to our hospital, 19 of whom were admitted.

War is a day of lessons that end in the operating room.