On the surface, the Taliban’s audacious attack on the was a failure. After some six hours of fighting overnight, all eight assailants who managed to penetrate the hotel’s heavy security and who were ...

Lyse Doucet's finely observed portrait of the Inter-Continental hotel opens a window on to years of upheaval in Afghanistan, from civil war to the return of the Taliban ...

Tuesday’s deadly attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul was a painful reminder that the U.S. drawdown from Afghanistan will not occur under conditions of Washington’s choosing. The Obama ...

Four years after Pakistan’s intelligence chief assured stability following the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, ...

Afghanistan's Taliban government took over management of Kabul's famed Serena hotel on Saturday, a hotel statement said, a luxury property targeted by Taliban attacks during their insurgency. The ...

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, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Marcus Yam, a photojournalist and foreign correspondent with the Los Angeles Times, is one of only a handful of U.S. journalists still in Kabul. He has been there for weeks now ...

Suspected Pakistani air strikes hit Kabul, the Afghan capital, on October 15. The deadly strikes have terrified residents, ...

The three most recent insurgent strikes in Kabul--attacks on the Intercontinental Hotel, the British Council, and the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters--have all followed a similar pattern: The ...

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 ...

The Serena Hotel has been the target of multiple deadly attacks by the Taliban before they swept to power in 2021, ousting the foreign-backed government - Copyright ...