Official confirms 19 killed in Kabul university attack

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry said Monday a gun attack and siege at Kabul University is over, with at least 19 dead and 22 wounded.

Most of the casualties were students.

The ministry's spokesman Tariq Arian said there were three attackers involved in the storming of the school's campus on Monday, and that all of them were killed in the ensuing firefight.

The attack on the country's largest school lasted for hours before the spokesman declared it was over.

Distraught families were waiting outside the university compound to try to locate their loved ones.

Mohammad Omar, whose brother is a student at the Kabul University, said he was still searching for information about him.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban issued a statement denying they took part in the assault.