Salang, Parwan, Afghanistan : In this photograph taken on September 21, 2016, Afghan surgeons perform an operation on a patient in an operating rooma at Salang hospital, north of Kabul. AFP / SHAH MARAI
Salang, Parwan, Afghanistan : In this photograph taken on September 21, 2016, Afghan surgeons perform an operation on a patient in an operating rooma at Salang hospital, north of Kabul. AFP / SHAH MARAI

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan: Explosions echoed across Kunduz as Afghan commandos drove back a Taliban assault on Monday, forcing residents to shelter in their homes, a year after militants briefly seized the strategic provincial capital.

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