as a journalist, the i, marianna manzona, and with a look at the main stories. now, the united states has condemned an attack on the un compound in western afghanistan . at least one person was killed in the attack in the western city of herat, us ambassador to the un describe the actors deplorable and said the perpetrators must be held to account, has been intense fighting between government forces and the taliban in that region . diplomatic as a james base has more coding to local report. is this fighting on the road between harass city and herat airport? we believe the airport is currently closed because of that fighting. we're also hearing the un compound, which is all that road from the city to the airport has come on the attack. i'm hearing from local sources that no un stuff had been killed or injured. but there were guards working for the african government around that compound. and there are reports that some may have been taken injured, the reports been taken hostage. there also reports that some have been injured and i've got one report that at least