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Security guard killed in attack on UN compound in Afghanistan's Herat
July 31, 2021

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In Afghanistan, an Afghan security guard was killed when a United Nations compound came under attack in Herat, as fighting raged between government forces and the Taliban on the outskirts of the city in western Afghanistan.

The Taliban have seized several districts on the outskirts of the city as well as two border crossings in Herat province adjoining Iran and Turkmenistan.