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The Finest Hotel in Kabul henry manifested in man's timeless PrometheanA People's History of Afghanistan. A remarkable portrait of modern Afghanistan told through the story of one extraordinary hotel. When Kabul's Inter Continental Hotel opened in 1969, it embodied Afghanistan's hopes for a modern, connected future. More than half a century later, it still stands, having survived coups, invasions, civil war, and the rise and return of the Taliban. Drawing on nearly four decades of reporting from Afghanistan, Lyse Doucet