AFGHAN HOTEL
June 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLA RELAXING week-long break in Afghanistan may not be top of most holiday-makers travel priorities, but that has not stopped the Aga Khan Fund for EconomicDevelopment (AKFED) from sinking US$28 million into restoring and expanding the Hotel Kabul in the nation's captal.Bouyed by the recent announcement of a US$7 million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, the fund wants to turn the 59-year-old hotel into a five-star deluxe 180 rooms facility.It was initially something of a refuge from the country's long ...
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