Ariana Cinema
Pashtunistan Square,
Kabul
Pashtunistan Square,
Kabul
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The Ariana Cinema suffered severe damage during the Talaban occupation. Plans were underway in 2007 to restore the building.
It did re-open, but he Ariana Cinema suffered damage caused by a suicide bomber on 18th January 2010.
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Ken Roe
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Some views of the Ariana Cinema from 2003:
http://flickr.com/photos/78978789@N00/495986121/
http://flickr.com/photos/78978789@N00/495953016/
http://flickr.com/photos/78978789@N00/495985845/
Here are 3 photographs of a wrecked cinema in Kabul, though I am not sure if it is the Ariana Cinema:
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http://flickr.com/photos/65062520@N00/359386372/
http://flickr.com/photos/56998174@N00/1182138981/
There are a number of other cinemas in Kabul apart from the Ariana and the Pamir. However the cinemas in Kabul do very poor business because of the activities of the Taliban and the fact that people prefer to watch DVDs in their own homes or in cafes. Many of them have closed down. The wrecked cinema in the link referred to by Ken Roe is actually named the Cinema Theatre and is located in south west Kabul.