The Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul has “been witness to many events of moment” in Afghanistan’s recent history, said Bijan Omrani in Literary Review. In the 1970s, it was a “cosmopolitan watering ...

In her new book she traces the tumultuous history of Afghanistan as it has been experienced at the Hotel InterContinental Kabul. The “InterCon”—the first luxury hotel in Afghanistan—opened in 1969. It ...

6:15 am, 06/29/11 - Today, details of the assault are beginning to come into focus, though there are still conflicting reports. The New York Times says eight suicide bombers were behind the attack, ...