American University in Kabul reopens after kidnappings, but campuses feel chill

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Just three days after gunmen kidnapped two foreign professors near the American University of Afghanistan, one American and one Australian, the prestigious institution reopened its carefully guarded campus here this week, and officials vowed not to let the ­unsolved crime disrupt its mission to prepare some of the war-torn nation’s brightest young people for professional careers. More...