[2] It is located between Wazir Akbar Khan and Deh Afghanan neighborhoods, near the Arg and next to Zarnegar Park.

[3] The hotel was completely rebuilt by the Aga Khan Development Network between 2002 and 2005[3] to designs by Canadian architect Ramesh Khosla.

[4] The renamed Kabul Serena Hotel was inaugurated by President Hamid Karzai and Aga Khan IV on November 8, 2005.

[1][8] Adolph Dubs, United States ambassador to Afghanistan, was killed at the hotel in 1979.

[13] The hotel also includes Maisha Spa & Health Club, offering a fitness centre, a steam room, a sauna, and outdoor heated swimming pool.