About the Book: The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A Peoples History of Afghanistan
When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan?s first luxury
hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.
More than fifty years on, the Inter-Continental is still standing. It has
endured Soviet occupation, multiple coups, a grievous civil war, a US invasion
and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban. History lives within its scarred
windows and walls.
Lyse Doucet, the BBC?s Chief International Correspondent, has been checking
into the Inter-Continental since 1988. And here, she uses its story to craft a
richly immersive