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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan by Lyse Doucet Groundswell Speaker 2024 Kaleidoscopic and wildly imaginativeDATE OF RELEASE: 3 SEPT 2026 In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistans hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world. Lyse Doucet first checked into the Inter Continental on Christmas Eve 1988. In the decades since, she has witnessed a Soviet evacuation, a devastating civil war, the US invasion, and the rise, fall and rise of the Taliban, all