Well, I found the hotel, it’s still there, the pool looks empty. The hotel has a website too, sounds pretty nice. Anyone want to join me?
I went to the Intecontinental regularly during my half-decade in Kabul after 9/11. Normally I’d go for the breakfast buffet Saturday morning and then hang out by the pool to read or study. I’d also go for walks in the nearby hillsides. They had decent security although one Novemeber the dining room windows were blown out by rockets. Note that they are no longer affiliated with the chain of the same name.