Ariana Cinema (Dari: سینما آریانا Sīnemā Ārīāna) is a movie theater in Kabul, Afghanistan located near the Pashtunistan Square on the north side of the Kabul river bank.

[2] As with other local landmarks, the cinema was destroyed during the Battle of Kabul (1992-96) and remained closed and damaged after the Taliban came to power in 1996.

After the fall of Taliban, a group of French filmmakers raised $ 1 million to help complete the cinema.

During a visit to Kabul in 2002, Bernard-Henri Lévy met with Siddiq Barmak to discuss the reconstruction of the cinema.

[1] Ariana Cinema was active before the fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021,[5] with its current status unknown.