THE TAKING AND RETAKING OF KUNDUZ KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan security forces on Monday reported significant progress in trying to retake the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban. But evidence of a calculated insurgent offensive on multiple fronts continued, amid reports that yet another provincial capital had come under attack. With much of the attention still on Kunduz, where fighting continued on Monday and where a devastating American airstrike on Saturday deprived the city’s residents of its most important hospital, new fighting was reported near the provincial capital in Faryab, in northwestern Afghanistan. It was the third northern hub to come under Taliban attack in recent days.

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The onslaught on the Faryab provincial capital, Maimana, was barely repelled by the Afghan security forces, said the acting governor, Abdul Sattar Barez. He estimated that some 2,000 Taliban fighters had been involved, but that number seemed high, given that the Taliban managed to take Kunduz City last week with an estimated 300 to 400 fighters.

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Regardless, the attacking force was said to include insurgent fighters from four nearby provinces as well as Faryab: Sari Pul, Jawzjan, Badghis and Ghor. The fighting went on for nearly 10 hours as Taliban attacked the city from three directions,