On Thursday, a bulldozer smashed walls amid piles of rubble at the site.
Afghanistan’s historic Ariana cinema torn down by Taliban
A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall.On Thursday, a bulldozer smashed walls amid piles of rubble at the site.
Built in the 1960s, the Ariana was pillaged and destroyed in Afghanistan’s civil war of 1992-1996, before a French-led restoration effort that saw it reopen in 2004.A banner stated that a “standard modern market is going to be built
