Inside The Doctors Without Borders Hospital In Kunduz

KUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN — IN THE MUTED LIGHT OF A HAZY AFTERNOON, the compound was silent. The graying walls of the outer gates, streaked with vertical mud stains, were largely undamaged, belying the devastation within. Torn foliage and broken branches were strewn about the grounds as if a storm had passed through the night before. After days of heavy fighting in Kunduz — and the resulting logistical obstacles — I had arrived at the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Kunduz Trauma Center, or what remained of it.