COSTELLO: An American professor is kidnapped along with an Australian colleague in Afghanistan. They had just left their university when armed gunmen approached their car and smashed through a side window. Guardian Correspondent Sune Rasmussen joins us now live from Kabul, Afghanistan with more. Tell us more, Sune.</s>SUNE RASMUSSEN, GUARDIAN CORRESPONDENT: Yes what we know was that at 8:30, around 8:30 p.m. last night, Kabul time, these two academics from, working at the American, the American University in Kabul were kidnapped, as you say. By four or five armed gunmen dressed in what appears to have been military uniforms. We heard from an Afghan security official who can't be named, that these uniforms are not the normal Army uniforms. But rather uniforms that can be bought pretty easily around the country. So not necessarily fake, the Army uniforms. We don't know yet the identity of these two victims. We don't know who were behind the kidnapping, either.</s>COSTELLO: All right, Sune Rasmussen reporting live from Kabul, Afghanistan this morning. The Pakistani Taliban now claiming responsibility for a hospital bombing. At least 70 people have been killed, and another 112 people injured. The group targeted a hospital's emergency ward where lawyers and journalists had gathered. They were there because of the body of a well-known lawyer and activist had been brought to the hospital after he was shot and killed earlier that day. The group is vowing more attacks. It could be a major turning point in the fight over Syria. The Islamist-led rebel coalition say they've broken the siege of Aleppo, smashing through government lines and taking over a military complex. The rebels used suicide bombers to surprise an exhausted Syrian army. Now outsiders worry the jihadist rebels could gain popularity with Syrian citizens pleased with their victory. Still to come in the Newsroom, Team USA makes a major splash at the Olympics. Coy Wire live in Rio, next.
American Professor, Australian Colleague Kidnapped in Afghanistan